Space Launch Vehicles : Issues Arising From the Unusually High Failure Rate of U.S. Launch Vehicles From August 1998-May 1999.

Reviews failures of six space launch vehicles from August 12, 1998 to May 4, 1999. Examines why so many failures have occurred, the cost of the failures to taxpayers, the loss of military and intelligence space capabilities, and the potential effect on U.S. competitiveness in the commercial launch s...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1999.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Artificial satellites in telecommunication. Competition. Defense spending. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews failures of six space launch vehicles from August 12, 1998 to May 4, 1999. Examines why so many failures have occurred, the cost of the failures to taxpayers, the loss of military and intelligence space capabilities, and the potential effect on U.S. competitiveness in the commercial launch services market.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.