Growing the Space Industrial Base: Policy Pitfalls and Prospects

Abstract

For more than 50 years, the United States used the inventiveness and productivity of its economy to overmaster Soviet advantages in numbers and geography. This "asymmetric" strategy-arguably the most sustained and extensive in history-proved triply successful. It brought superior defense and intelligence capabilities, many of which might remain unchallenged for years to come. It brought economic advancement, as national security research and engineering found commercial and civil applications. And, it brought scientific and technological advancement, demanding and fueling basic and applied research at universities, public corporations, and commercial companies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383943

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Butterworth

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cold War
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Public Policy
  • Space Systems
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Economics
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space