Space: Beyond the Horizon --
1 Space Utilization / Berndt Feuerbacher 3 --
2 Access to Space - the Prerequisites for Space Utilization / Heinz Stoewer 23 --
Looking down: our Earth --
3 Earth Surface / Stefan Dech 53 --
4 Climate and Environment / Hartmut Gra[beta]l 91 --
5 Weather Observations from Space / Tillmann Mohr, Johannes Schmetz 111 --
6 Geodynamics / Bert Vermeersen, Ron Noomen, Ernst Schrama, Pieter Visser 131 --
Looking up: Stars and Planets --
7 Astronomy and Astrophysics / Ralf-Jurgen Dettmar 169 --
8 Solar System / Tilman Spohn, Ralf Jaumann 195 --
Between Space and Earth --
9 Communications / Edward Ashford 227 --
10 Satellite Navigation / Gunter W. Hein 251 --
11 Fundamental Physics / Hansjorg Dittus 175 --
12 Materials Sciences / Lorenz Ratke 297 --
13 Life Sciences / Rupert Gerzer, Ruth Hemmersbach, Gerda Horneck 341 --
14 Challenges and Perspectives / Berndt Feuerbacher, Heinz Stoewer 377.