DOD participation in the Space Transportation System
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Reusable
ISBN :
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Reusable
ISBN :
Author : James E. David
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 15,25 MB
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 081304765X
In this real life spy saga, James E. David reveals the extensive and largely hidden interactions between NASA and U.S. defense and intelligence departments. The story begins with the establishment of NASA in 1958 and follows the agency through its growth, not only in scope but also in complexity. In Spies and Shuttles, David digs through newly declassified documents to ultimately reveal how NASA became a strange bedfellow to the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He tracks NASA’s early cooperation—supplying cover stories for covert missions, analyzing the Soviet space program, providing weather and other scientific data from its satellites, and monitoring missile tests—that eventually devolved into NASA’s reliance on DoD for political and financial support for the Shuttle. David also examines the restrictions imposed on such activities as photographing the Earth from space and the intrusive review mechanisms to ensure compliance. The ties between NASA and the intelligence community have historically remained unexplored, and David’s riveting book is the first to investigate the twists and turns of this labyrinthine relationship.
Author : Heppenheimer Ta
Publisher : Smithsonian
Page : pages
File Size : 48,16 MB
Release : 2002-05-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781588340092
Author : Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 1998-09-02
Category : History
ISBN :
Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs.
Author : Robert D. Legler
Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782662235
Full color publication. This document has been produced and updated over a 21-year period. It is intended to be a handy reference document, basically one page per flight, and care has been exercised to make it as error-free as possible. This document is basically "as flown" data and has been compiled from many sources including flight logs, flight rules, flight anomaly logs, mod flight descent summary, post flight analysis of mps propellants, FDRD, FRD, SODB, and the MER shuttle flight data and inflight anomaly list. Orbit distance traveled is taken from the PAO mission statistics.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Reusable space vehicles
ISBN :
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2004-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309166128
The National Aerospace Initiative (NAI) was conceived as a joint effort between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to sustain the aerospace leadership of the United States through the acceleration of selected aerospace technologies: hypersonic flight, access to space, and space technologies. The Air Force became concerned about the NAI's possible consequences on Air Force programs and budget if NAI program decisions differed from Air Force priorities. To examine this issue, it asked the NRC for an independent review of the NAI. This report presents the results of that assessment. It focuses on three questions asked by the Air Force: is NAI technically feasible in the time frame laid out; is it financially feasible over that period; and is it operationally relevant.
Author : Simon P. Worden
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781410219800
The influence of space power pervades almost every sphere and level of human existence, from politics to military affairs to commercial activities to cultural mind-sets. Yet there is little to be found today in the way of coherent space power doctrine and strategy, particularly in national security circles. To what extent do our national interests rely on space? How shall we defend our interests in space and how shall we deny our adversaries the benefits of space power in time of conflict? How can we control and exploit the space environment? How can we effectively wield space power against the full spectrum of threats -- from the lone terrorist to global peer competitors? What should be our long-range strategy and objectives if our goal is to achieve and maintain long-term space superiority? The purpose of this paper is two fold: first, to illuminate the historical and ever-increasing importance of space in modern society; and second, to prescribe, in view of this importance, the foundations of a strategy for achieving lasting space superiority and ensuring national and world security.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 1981
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 1977
Category :
ISBN :