Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Jamaica Room
Start Date
1-5-2003 1:30 PM
End Date
1-5-2003 4:30 PM
Description
The field of U. S. space policy is one of many dimensions. It covers military and civil government; commercial and science-oriented spaceflight; as well as the frequent interaction of these fields. The research for this paper examined the major pathfinding efforts of national space policy – those decisions, efforts, and outcomes that have had major impact on U. S. space programs and their subsequent results and accomplishments. Inevitably those with the most impact have been those involving programs that took humans into space and the largest part of this paper deals with these. As we consider the historical importance of such major initiatives, certain patterns appear. This paper hopes to bring these to the reader’s attention.
Paper Session II-B - U.S. Civil Space Policy: Evolving or Revolving
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Jamaica Room
The field of U. S. space policy is one of many dimensions. It covers military and civil government; commercial and science-oriented spaceflight; as well as the frequent interaction of these fields. The research for this paper examined the major pathfinding efforts of national space policy – those decisions, efforts, and outcomes that have had major impact on U. S. space programs and their subsequent results and accomplishments. Inevitably those with the most impact have been those involving programs that took humans into space and the largest part of this paper deals with these. As we consider the historical importance of such major initiatives, certain patterns appear. This paper hopes to bring these to the reader’s attention.
