Assured access : a history of the United States Air Force space launch enterprise, 1945-2020 /
"Assured Access: A History of the United States Air Force Space Launch Enterprise, 1945-2020 is a study of more than six decades of Air Force launch support for the nation's military, intelligence, and civilian space communities. From their inception as refurbished ballistic missiles, Air...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama :
Air University Press, Academic Services,
2022.
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| Summary: | "Assured Access: A History of the United States Air Force Space Launch Enterprise, 1945-2020 is a study of more than six decades of Air Force launch support for the nation's military, intelligence, and civilian space communities. From their inception as refurbished ballistic missiles, Air Force boosters have launched national security space payloads for the Defense Department (DOD) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), as well as for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and commercial and other civilian elements. Throughout this period, Air Force launch strategy has been to provide assured access to space by means of affordable, reliable, and responsive launch in order to guarantee assured access to space"-- |
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| Item Description: | Shipping list no.: 2022-0209-P. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 505 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [449]-493) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781585663118 1585663115 |