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U.S. Space Leadership Seen At Risk
Aviation Week ^ | 05/03/10 | Frank Morring, Jr

Posted on 05/03/2010 6:29:00 PM PDT by KevinDavis

A preliminary version of an upcoming report on the link between national security and U.S. commercial launch capabilities warns that U.S. leadership in space is threatened by poor coordination in setting space policy.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is seeking website comment on its report — “National Security and the Commercial Space Sector” — in the hope that several ongoing government space policy reviews will incorporate the best advice on sound commercial launch policy in their findings.

(Excerpt) Read more at aviationweek.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: space
No Duh!!!!!!!
1 posted on 05/03/2010 6:29:00 PM PDT by KevinDavis
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To: FrPR; BP2; mrreaganaut; Las Vegas Dave; Hell to pay; kosciusko51; stainlessbanner; uscbud; ...


For other space news go to: http://www.spacetoday.net
For a list of Private Space Companies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies

International Association of Space Entrepreneurs
2 posted on 05/03/2010 6:29:43 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Jesus Saves... Allah Kills...)
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To: KevinDavis

It has been at risk since Affirmative Action took over there and they started Killing astronauts.


3 posted on 05/03/2010 6:34:57 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: KevinDavis

Ans once the teams of experts go their own way it will be impossible to get that back.


4 posted on 05/03/2010 6:35:28 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Cheetahcat

NASA: the most powerpoints for your tax dollar


5 posted on 05/03/2010 6:36:24 PM PDT by bsf2009 (NASA has been interior decorating the Titanic for the last 30 years.)
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To: KevinDavis
DoD, NASA..... these are all things that cost money and don't “buy votes.”

Those screaming for government cheese don't car about those sort of things.

6 posted on 05/03/2010 6:37:05 PM PDT by Red6 (Where's my stuff? I want some more stuff too Mr. President!)
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To: KevinDavis; Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; ...

The list, ping


7 posted on 05/03/2010 6:41:54 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: KevinDavis
All part of commie Obama's plan.

From the campaign trail, February 2008...

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert [they are NOT on "hair-trigger alert" now -etl], and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."
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"I will not weaponize space"

"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems"

2008 Pentagon Report (March 2008):
China's Growing Military Space Power

By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
March 6, 2008

GOLDEN, Colorado — A just-released Pentagon report spotlights a growing U.S. military concern that China is developing a multi- dimensional program to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by its potential adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.

Furthermore, last year's successful test by China of a direct-ascent, anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon to destroy its own defunct weather satellite, the report adds, underscores that country's expansion from the land, air, and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains.

Although China's commercial space program has utility for non- military research, that capability demonstrates space launch and control know-how that have direct military application. Even the Chang'e 1 — the Chinese lunar probe now circling the Moon — is flagged in the report as showcasing China's ability "to conduct complicated space maneuvers — a capability which has broad implications for military counterspace operations."

To read the entire publication [29.67MB/pdf], see U.S. Dept of Defense:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China_Military_Report_08.pdf
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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html

8 posted on 05/03/2010 6:46:45 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: KevinDavis

title should read “US LEADERSHIP Seen At Risk”...the space program is the least of our worries...


9 posted on 05/03/2010 6:49:14 PM PDT by cherry
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To: KevinDavis

Yeah,,, when you stop all your rocketry, your leadership does tend to be at risk.


10 posted on 05/03/2010 7:12:19 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: Nachum

Important with a capital “I”. Adding to research. [Links in profile.]


11 posted on 05/04/2010 5:40:38 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (We knew deep down it was this bad. Devour ugly truths with glee -- truth is our weapon.)
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