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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220136503321

Autore

Lambeth Benjamin S

Titolo

Mastering the ultimate high ground : next steps in the military uses of space / / Benjamin S. Lambeth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, Project Air Force, 2003

ISBN

0-8330-3412-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

358/.8/0973

Soggetti

Astronautics, Military - United States

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the United States Air Force."

"MR-1649-AF"--P. [4] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; PREFACE; CONTENTS; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Appendix; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Assesses the military space challenges facing the Air Force and the nation in light of the findings and recommendations of the Space Commission. The author reviews the Air Force's involvement in space since its creation as an independent service in 1947; examines the circumstances that occasioned the commission's creation and the conceptual and organizational roadblocks that have impeded a more rapid growth of U.S. military space capability; and enumerates the challenges facing the Air Force with respect to space.