Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
212
Language
English
Published
Apr 19, 1999
Publisher
RAND Corporation
ISBN-10
083303412X
ISBN-13
9780833034120
Description
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.