Background According to the document: “By the year 2000, an increasingly large portion of our national defense will depend on space-based systems. As part of a broader set of new research initiatives in support of space systems, the Air ...
Posts by Category: Space
Into the Unknown Together. The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight, September 2005
Background Between the 4 October 1957 launching by the Soviet Union of the first artificial earth satellite, Sputnik I, and the successful American landing and return from the moon in July 1969, the United States sponsored five human-spaceflight ...
Report to the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, January 11, 2001
Background The Commission was directed to assess the organization and management of space activities in support of U.S. national security. Members of the Commission were appointed by the chairmen and ranking minority members of the House and ...
From the Sea to the Stars: A Chronicle of the U.S. Navy’s Space and Space-related Activities, 1944-2009 (2010 Edition)
Background The importance of space and space-related activities to support global military operations has expanded significantly over the past 50 years–and is still evolving. Today, the U.S. Navy is perhaps the most reliant of all the ...
Advanced Propulsion Options For The Mars Cargo Mission, September 1989
Background This report summarizes the results of an evaluation of a variety of advanced low thrust propulsion options for the cargo-delivery portion of a split-mission piloted Mars exploration scenario. The propulsion options considered were ...
