Space and security: a reference handbook
Two-and-a-half years before Russia launched the first Sputnik satellites in 1957, the United States had already established a secret policy that emphasized peaceful applications of space technology and set the precedent of using satellite overflight for reconnaissance collection. Almost all of the organization and management structures that were created in the 1950s continue to affect U.S. national security space policy today.
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- Full title :Space and security : a reference handbook / Peter L. Hays.
Summary
Two-and-a-half years before Russia launched the first Sputnik satellites in 1957, the United States had already established a secret policy that emphasized peaceful applications of space technology and set the precedent of using satellite overflight for reconnaissance collection. Almost all of the organization and management structures that were created in the 1950s continue to affect U.S. national security space policy today.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):ABC-Clio
- Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781598844221, 1598844229, 1283053454, 9781283053457, 1849729220, 9781849729222, 9786613053459, 6613053457
- oclc:ocn713022975
- LC Classification:UG1523
- Dewey Decimal:629.40973
Table of Contents
Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspectives -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Data and documents -- Directory of organizations -- Resources.
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