Format:
1 online resource (213 pages)
ISBN:
9780833034120
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS -- Chapter One -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter Two -- THE AIR FORCE'S STRUGGLE FOR SPACE -- EARLY INTERSERVICE CONFLICTS -- MORE FRUSTRATIONS FOR AIR FORCE AMBITIONS -- SUBSEQUENT AIR FORCE GAINS -- THE CONSOLIDATION OF AIR FORCE SPACE ACTIVITIES -- SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY'S PLANNERS -- Chapter Three -- AIR AND SPACE VERSUS "AEROSPACE" -- THE ROOTS OF THE "AEROSPACE" CONSTRUCT -- CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE IDEA OF AEROSPACE -- OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF THE AEROSPACE EMPHASIS -- A RESURGENT AIR FORCE FIXATION ON AEROSPACE -- THE CALL FOR AEROSPACE INTEGRATION -- Chapter Four -- THE SPACE COMMISSION AND ITS IMPACT -- WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS FOUND OVERALL -- THE ISSUE OF A SEPARATE SPACE SERVICE -- IMPROVING THE SPACE BUDGETING PROCESS -- INITIAL AIR FORCE REACTIONS -- SOME NEAR-TERM IMPLEMENTATION QUESTIONS -- A TIME FOR ACTION -- Chapter Five -- ON SPACE CONTROL AND SPACE FORCE APPLICATION -- WHY SPACE CONTROL NOW? -- UNDERSTANDING THE SPACE CONTROL MISSION -- SOME INITIAL SPACE CONTROL ALTERNATIVES -- FORCE APPLICATION AND THE ISSUE OF WEAPONIZATION -- IS SPACE WEAPONIZATION INEVITABLE? -- NEAR-TERM IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AIR FORCE -- Chapter Six -- THE ROAD AHEAD -- OPERATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL IMPERATIVES -- CEMENTING THE EXECUTIVE-AGENT MANDATE -- UNSETTLED FUNDING ISSUES -- NEXT STEPS IN SPACE MISSION DEVELOPMENT -- SOME UNRESOLVED ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS -- TOWARD THE AIR FORCE'S FUTURE IN SPACE -- Appendix -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780833033307
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780833033307
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=202784
