9781604564488
Space policy and exploration.
Ed. by William N. Callmers.
Nova Science Publishers
2008
158 pages
$69.00
Hardcover
TL789
This volume collects Congressional Research Service reports (which
are available on the Web for free) related to US space policy. It covers
US civilian space policy priorities 50 years after Sputnik; government
activities, commercial competition, and satellite exports in space
launch vehicles; space stations; the International Space Station and the
Space Shuttle; appropriations and current issues connected to US
military space programs; the future of the Space Shuttle program; issues
concerning the "Vision for Space Exploration," issues
concerning the Department of Defense's space-based infrared system
and space tracking and surveillance system programs; and whether NASA
should proceed with a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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