Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership. Revised Edition.

Abstract

Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership is a study of the United States Air Force in space. Of all the military services, the Air Force has been preeminently involved for the past fifty years in initiating, developing, and applying the technology of space-based systems in support of the nation's national security. Yet there has been no single-volume overview of the Air Force space story to serve as an introduction and guide for interested readers. In November 1992, a high-level Air Force Blue Ribbon Pane! on Space, chaired by then Lieutenant General Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., commander of Air Force Space Command, concluded there was a specific need to better educate people, both in the service and among the general populace, about the history of Air Force space activities. Beyond Horizons has been written to meet this need.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA355572

Entities

People

  • David N. Spires

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • International Law
  • Military Science
  • Payload
  • Rockets
  • Satellite Buses
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Space Objects
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Treaties
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Business Analytics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Space