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Explore some of the contributions of psychology to the great space race, orbiter and International Space Station missions, and future space journeys.

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...Edited by Douglas A. VakochThe NASA History SeriesNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationOffice of CommunicationsHistory Program OfficeWashingto... ... Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Psychology of space exploration : contemporary research in historical perspective / ... ...ted by Douglas A. Vakoch. p. cm. -- (NASA history series) 1. Space psychology. 2. Space flight--Psychological aspects. 3. Outer space--E... ...as detailed the contributions of high-altitudeballooning, highlighting the usefulness of gondola designs (which he contends pro-vided a basis for the ... ...o time.12 By the 1980s, it was recognized widely thatAntarctica provided a useful meeting ground for people who were interested inadaptation to polar ... ...troduced the concept of behavioralhealth, an idea that may be particularly useful because of its breadth and relativelack of pejorative connotations. ... ...ly 1999).71. Ibid.72. Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Principles for the Validation and Use ofPersonnel Selection Procedures (Was... ... nature of these various environments, Peter Suedfeld hasproposed five key principles that may be useful guides in assessing the relevance ofvarious e... ...as viable analogs for space or providing the basis forcross-comparisons: Principle 1: Researchers should think in terms of experiences within enviro...

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...The United States no longer enjoys a near monopoly on space effects. Every week brings news of advances in space technologies by China, Russia, India, European powers, and others. Space, as a strategic medium (and probably a future war-fighting medium), is the ultimate high grou...

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...1 MODELING THE SPACE-POWER CONTINUUM.1 Domestic Space Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 National-Security Space Power . . . . . . . . . . 2 Military Space Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 International Engagement . . . ....

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... inForMation center challenges in the Multipolar Space-Power environment Matthe... ...rmation center cataloging data Schmunk, Matthew M. Challenges in the multipolar space-power environment / Matthew M. Schmunk ... ...hild paper, ISSN 1528-2325) Includes bibliographical references. Modeling the space-power continuum––China––India––European Union–... ...na. • Article 6: Regarding a foreign satellite television agency, it shall in principle only receive approval for a single channel... ... receive approval for a single channel with a specific scope to be distributed, and in principle no foreign satellite television... ...been enhancing its role as an actor, in particular on the basis of ap- plications useful to the conduct of its policies (e.g., the Gal... ... 1. Guillot, “Strategic Leadership.” 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. “Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States,” Unit...

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... FROM ROUND CITIES TO SPACE RINGS Antonio Pinto Renedo© Author, layout and cover design: ... ...AFTCraft VDVCraft depot majorityFloating craftLaunchpadsLaser craftCHAPTER 3 - SPACE CITIESIntegrated system centrifugalRotary liftsSmall craftMagneti... ...ifugalRotary liftsSmall craftMagnetic gravitySpatial ringsAdvantages of living space or EarthCHAPTER 4 - HABITS IN THE FUTUREEnergyCostume single piec... ... order to avoid abuses, but they would not beneaththe earth, since that, while useful, is the result of a sort ofimprovised and unplanned city, rather... ... asailor suits oscillations in a boat.Installation of cities in space could be useful not only for theworlds with low gravity, because this practice c... ... the cylinder. These two systems are somewhatserious and therefore siblings as useful by one as the other. As forthe effects on health or the balance ... ...the future there will be no monarchy, as it is in directcontradiction with the principle of equality of all citizens beforethe law, all political posi... ...d only corresponded them that function as a matter ofcircumstances, because in principle could be reversed, which willhappen probably in the next cosm... ...n, with a small number ofplanets but orbits very stable.BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONIn principle Darwinian theories of evolution they are notnecessarily wrong...

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...This primer is a useful tool both for individuals who are not “space aware”—unacquainted with space capabilities, organizations, and operations—and for those who are “space aware,” especially individuals associated with the space community, ...

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... ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1 SPACE HISTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...ellite Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Manned Space Exploration by the United States and USSR since 1960 .... ...and USSR since 1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Current Space Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ... ...n, which contribute directly to the success of our war fighters. This primer is a useful tool both for individuals who are not “space aware”—unac-quai... ...ions, and operations of space forces. We certainlyhope you will find this product useful, and where you find errors, we ask that you willboth forgive ... ...so forth. That is whatwe were asked to do with this Space Primer, while making it useful for both the “cre-dentialed space professional” and the joint... ...ingexplosion, the entire vehicle and Wan Hu disappeared in a cloud of smoke. The principles by which rockets operated were not understood until the l... ... published his book The Attainability of Celestial Bodies, inwhich he defined the principles of rocket travel in space, including how to get into geo-... ...s withdrawing from the current space regime and announce thatit is establishing a principle of free-market sovereignty in space. . . . Second, by usin...

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...Col Thompson, in his concentrated focus on China’s military space applications, examines PRC ground, space, counterspace, and space policy aspects. His principal findings: China has plans to construct a new launch site in the deep south; PRC telemetry, tracking and com-mand capacities...

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... AIR WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY China in SpaceCivilian and Military Developments Colonel David J... ...i Foreword In October 1956, Mao Tse-tung ordered the start of China’s spaceprogram. Four years later, on 5 November 1960, China lau... ...ing the fourth country, behind Germany, the UnitedStates, and the Soviet Union, to enter space. Today China routinelylaunches space satellites for Wes... ... Regime (MTCR). Ultimately Beijing made con-cessions, agreeing to abide by the MTCR, “on principle.” In 1997 it was reported that China put its first... ...so is pursuing higher resolution imaging capabilities withremote sensing to expand their usefulness. Another IMINT area beingpursued is synthetic aper... ...applications tomorrow. The CBERS system, mentioned ear-lier, also can provide militarily useful data although it was developedunder the premise of bi-... ...isting three launch sites are capable of placing satellitesinto every type of militarily useful orbit. However, the sites do notprovide a great deal o... ... report speaks in terms of spaceeducation and exploration, and specifically outlines the principle that:“The aim of international space cooperation is... ...space resources for the benefit of all mankind.” The report alsoargues for a fundamental principle of “Persisting in the independenceand self-reliance...

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....viii ACKNOWLEDGMENT.....................................ix INTRODUCTION..........................................x Chapter 1 GERMINATION OF OUTER SPACE AS A LEGAL CONCEPT.......................................1 Chapter 2 AIR FORCE OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON SPACE.....17 Chapter 3 AIR FORCE AS A BACKSEAT “DRIVER” IN SPACE LAW DEBATES................41 ...

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...........................................................xChapter 1 GERMINATION OF OUTER SPACE AS A LEGAL CONCEPT ...................................... ..........................1Chapter 2 AIR FORCE OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON SPACE .......17Chapter 3 AIR FORCE AS A BACKSEAT “DRIVER” I... ........................58Chapter 5 MAJ GEN ALBERT M. KUHFELD AND AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP OF SPACE LAW DEVELOPMENT.......................................... ...vironmental protection xiprovisions were included as part of the 1968 Principles Treaty*(see chapter 4). The Air Force’s reactive ... ... inside andoutside DOD during the consideration of proposed international* Treaty on the Principles Governing Activities in the Exploration and Use of... ...o become accepted international law by convention,custom, or practice. Nevertheless, the principle espoused by the declaration isstill being debated. ... ...blems raised by use of present and future rockets and missiles? Could a legal panel be useful? When a US position is determined should there be an ... ...ng “negative,” theseprecepts “clarified basic questions of space law” and were therefore“useful achievements.” The three principles were 1. An explic... ...hat military end-uses must be foreseen at the present time in orderultimately to achieve useful military applications.The United States should publicl...

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... BeyondHorizonsBeyond HorizonsA Half Century of Air Force Space LeadershipRevised EditionDavid N. SpiresSenior EditorGeorge W... ...Bradley IIIAssociate EditorsRick W. SturdevantRichard S . EckertAir Force Space Commandin association withAir University Press1998 For ... ...blication DataSpires, David N. Beyond Horizons : a half century of Air Force space leadership / David N. Spires; Senior editor, George W. Bradley III;... ...was one that called for making "integratedaerospace employment a fundamental principle. . . in all training and educationBeyond Horizonsprograms ." We... ...to theaviation community, and conversely, introducing space personnel to the principlesand requirements of more traditional air warfare. This book rep... ...wledge Dr. Thomas Fuller,United States Space Command historian who furnished useful documents on xvii ... ...wledge Dr. Thomas Fuller,United States Space Command historian who furnished useful documents on xvuBeyond Horizonscontemporary spac... ...nt contributions to this projects . Theirinsights and comments were not only useful to Dr. Spires as he completed finalchapter drafts but served to pr... ...CO) devices by examiningpotential fuel types, rocket nozzle shapes, reaction principles, and thrust measure-ments. They managed to keep their experime...

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...In this book, General Worden and Major Shaw present the building blocks for an all-encompassing strategy and doctrine for space power in the twenty-first century. Their compelling interpretation of the influence of space power over the past 60 years (chap. 1) is mirrored by a captivating vision of the role space power will play in the next 60 (c...

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...of Air University inthat future. AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Whither Space Power?Forging a Strategy for the New Century SIMON P. WORD... ...ptember 2002Air University Library Cataloging DataWorden, Simon P. Whither space power? Forging a strategy for the new century / Simon P. Worden, John... ...ary. 3. Military doctrine --Unites States. 4. United States. Air Force. 5. Space warfare. 6. Space sciences. I.Shaw, John E. II. Title. III. Series.35... ...re man-made: treaties and agreements, many ofwhich may have outlived their usefulness. One of these, theAnti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, is even now on ... ...y wielding land, sea, and air powerin the protection of our nation and its principles. It is our goalthat the United States carry this legacy of succe... ...to the extent that a potential adversary has greater ac-cess to militarily useful information. The Great 50-Year Space War As new as space is, i... ...few minutes ago of the Islamic Federation–Asian HegemonyTreaty of Peaceful Principles and Eternal Friendship. Althoughspecific details have not been r... ...resistance. A comparison between jet-powered air travel and space travelis useful. In both cases, the means to give kinetic/potentialenergy to the pay...

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...Lt Col Anthony Mastalir has done policy makers a welcome service by exploring the enigma wrapped in a conundrum which is Chinese space policy, focusing on the Chinese kinetic energy antisatellite (KE-ASAT) test of January 2007. That test ended a de facto moratorium on KE-ASAT tests which the United States and Russia had observed for over two decades. I...

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...rch InstituteJohn A. Shaud, Gen, PhD, USAF, Retired, DirectorSchool of Advanced Air and Space Studies Gerald S. Gorman, Col, PhD, Commandant Joh... ...STITUTE The US Response to china’s ASAT TestAn International Security Space Alliance for the Future Anth... ...Mastalir, Anthony J. The US response to China’s ASAT test : an international security space alliance for the future / Anthony J. Mastalir. p. ;... ... challenge US predomi-nance in space is economic and technological strength basedon the principles which US entrepreneurs both recognize andadmire. Th... ...ry to embrace a multi-lateral approach toward space exploitation. For example, a ma-jor principle of the policy states that “the United States will se... ..., the apparentdisadvantages include sharing the location of sensitive nationalpayloads (useful for targeting), the risk of weapons technologyprolifera... ...uggests that “one way to do this is to procure the kindsand numbers of weapons that are useful for deterrence withoutsimultaneously being as effective... ...s address issuessuch as space-based missile defense. The second point is toovague to be useful. What constitutes the “use of force”? Onemight argue th...

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...ntific and Technical Information Ofice 1972 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Wasbhgjon, D.C. For sale by t... ..................................... 39 V HE space program is, by nature, an activity that encompasses a num- ber of d... ...ons can be drawn from only two sets of experiences, this study representsa useful addition to a limited literature. For readers familiar with aerospac... ...r National Aeronautics and Space Administration VIII MENTT the ma... ... serves primarily as a confirmation of oldtruths about the so-called basic principles of management rather than arevelation of new ones. But the histo... ...es. But the history brings out rather sharply that theapplication of basic principles may not always be a straightforwardmatter. It illustrates that w... ...e a straightforwardmatter. It illustrates that what may be one man’s basic principle may beanother’s shibboleth. Old truths are not always easily reco... ...an School of Management that “snoopingaround can get you 100 times as much useful information as lookingthrough official records.” Most of the manage... ...re complex and ambitious. Thus, a conventional comparativeapproach was not useful for this study. Instead of comparing organiza-tional behavior as det...

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...1 Space Coordinating Authority: Information Services from Space . . . . . . 1 Maj Tyler M. Evans Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2 Oriented Toward Superiority: Counterspace Operations a...

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... Space Power Integration Perspectives from Space Weapons Officers ... ...2/7/07 12:58:51 PM Air University Library Cataloging Data Space power integration : perspectives from space weapons ... ... Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58566-158-9 1. Space warfare. 2. Space control (Military science)—United ... ...57, a de facto definition has developed that any object in orbit under the physical principles of astrodynamics is in space. Complemen... ... hood of fulfillment cannot be assured. Uncertain future acqui- sitions are not useful for current operations to the JFC. Table ... ...nal combat- ant command (COCOM) for military space operations. However, the principle of unity of command directs all forces to operat... ... strategic users. This has forced some low-density space capabilities to follow the principle of centralized control and execution, ra... ... space power, the JFC can begin to frame an appreciation of the complexity and usefulness of space and associated capabilities. S... ...onducts military operations to accomplish a specific mission. A JOA is particularly useful when operations are limited in scope and ge...

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...related to ) actually comprises the included middle value. Further, similarly to the extension from dialectics to neutrosophy, the author extends the Principle of Dynamic Opposition [opposition between and ] to the Principle of Dynamic Neutrosophic Opposition [which means oppositions among , , and ]....

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...Florentin Smarandache Law of Included Multiple-Middle & Principle of Dynamic Neutrosophic Opposition ... ... Florentin Smarandache: Law of Included Multiple-Middle & Principle of Dynamic Neutrosophic Opposition Layout&Desig... ... Florentin Smarandache: Law of Included Multiple-Middle & Principle of Dynamic Neutrosophic Opposition ISBN 978-... ...idea of NL is to characterize each logical statement in a 3D Neutrosophic Space, where each dimension of the space represents respectively the truth... ...parameters, not necessarily on time only. For example, they may depend on space.The included middle of Lupasco-Nicolesco system is the intermediate c... ...ANDACHEI understand the transdisciplinarity as a multi-structure and multi-space: to find common features to uncommon entities, i.e., <A intersected ... ... I answer YES, absolutely! I believe that Lupasco has provided a very useful framework for a discussion of the dynamics of energetic process... ...he time. FILOKRATOS No, I don't think so, and the example is useful to show why. I see no reason why a weakly actualized idea shou... ...OT involved in ALL aspects of the above examples, and that it is very useful to see where and where not. Nicolescu's answer to the first cas...

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In the last volume of this series, the Russian spacecraft designer Boris Chertok continues his narrative on the history of the Soviet space program.

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...iddiqi, Series Editor The NASA History Series National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Communications History Program Office ... ...ons xxxv Introduction: Voice of the People… xli 1 Rocket-Space Chronology (Historical Overview) 1 2 U.S. Lunar Program ... ... After the Failure of N-1s No. 3 and No. 5 211 12 Long-Duration Space Stations Instead of the Moon 243 13 Preparing for the La... ...ng accounts of this turning point in 1974, but Chertok’s description addsa useful perspective on the precise evolution from the death of the N-1 tothe... ...its completion. Bill read the entire manuscript carefully and offered many usefulsuggestions. Thanks are due to Jesco von Puttkamer at NASA for his sp... ...nderwent experimental develop-ment. This booster stage subsequently proved useful for other programs and was 27. LOK—Lunnyy orbitalnyy korabl; LK—Lun... ...y after the tests. Thevery high costs of flight-testing also dictated this principle of the maximumuse of ground-based experimental development. The A... ... early 1950s, after rocket scientists began to have access to theoperating principles of nuclear reactors, ideas emerged for using the energyof nuclea... ...izer tanks as a load-bearing structure. Beginningwith the R-2 rocket, this principle had worked splendidly. The dimensionsof the tanks of the first an...

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...Major M. V. Smith’s 'Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower' is an important contribution to the spacepower literature. Major Smith’s work begins to quench the growing thirst among those seeking to understand elements contributing to spacepower. More importantly, it offers ...

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...ty inthat future. AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower M. V. SMITH Major, USAF Fairchild Pape... ... University Library Cataloging DataSmith, M. V. Ten propositions regarding spacepower / M. V. Smith. p. cm. -- (Fairchild paper, 1528-2325). Includes... ...ographical references and index. Contents: Schools of thought on American spacepower – The ten propositions -- A spacepower theory. ISBN 1-58566-113-... ...helpful to explain what aproposition is not. First, a proposition is not a principle of war.The principles of war apply to all forms of military power... ...xploit neither Bernoulli’s aerodynamicprinciples nor Kepler’s astrodynamic principles to maneuveror conserve energy. Consequently, the transverse regi... ...different. In fact, similarities should occurfor the same reasons that the principles of warfare are com-mon to all forms of military power. As Clause... ...practice ended a few dayslater amidst serious Soviet protests and very few useful pho-tographs recovered.28 Third, in July 1956, the president au-thor... ...ivi-ties in these four sectors describe US national spacepower andbecome a useful template to describe the national spacepowerof other states. Peter H... ...ndispensable to the US military,and they are almost certainly growing more useful to potentialenemy military, paramilitary, terrorist, and other uncon...

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...The purpose of this thesis is to take the first steps toward a military space power theory. It begins by answering the question: Why does the US military need space power theory? The United States or any military spacefaring nation needs theory because space power is more than simply a force enha...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . 1 2 NATIONAL AND MILITARY POWER . . . . 9 3 SPACE AND MILITARY POWER . . . . . . 25 4 SPACE POWER THEORY . . . . . . . . . 41 5 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . 61 GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . 67...

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...er TheoryBRIAN E. FREDRIKSSON, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOO... ...e Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION ... ...orce Base, Alabama 36112-6615 June 2006 This School of Advanced Air and Space Studies thesis and others in this series are available elect... ...dvantages and dis-advantages of space vis-à-vis land, sea, and airpower. A unifying principleof “globalness” links the laws, rules, and precepts of a ... ...f a master’s thesis, the military space community needs a simple,comprehensive, and useful set of theoretical principles that (1) defines theunique con... ...ilitary space community needs a simple,comprehensive, and useful set of theoretical principles that (1) defines theunique contribution of military spac... ...e, the employment of military force ingeneral. Applied to the realm of space, these principles are by necessityabstract. The result is not a doctrinal... ...ses fall within theserubrics. This is not to say that other categorizations are not useful, butsimply that the other forms are encompassed by these tw... ...ly by moving into a morethreatening position. While presence is a state that serves useful functionsby itself, often more overt action is necessary to...

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...Space Force Grunts is a Science Fiction novel playing several generations into the future. After the human race has invented hyperspace flight, thousands of planets are colonised. Those new societies maintain their independen...

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...Potsch@googlemail.com) 1 Space Grunts – Contact Author at Ingo.Potsch@googlemail.comBase 18 on Pla... ...n for fighter robots and combat drones. Base 18 on planet DN-DU-144/5 was in principle a bleak place. Though at that moment it was officially day-time... ...dle guns. It had escaped destruction but the men had to wear theirprotective space suits due to loss of atmospheric pressure. The cargo bay of the tra... ...pressure. The cargo bay of the transportcraft was only rudimentary armoured. Space grunts were considered cargo, like theirweapons, drones and war bot... ...resence there was a bigdrain on material. As a moon, DN-DU-144/5/1 was useful for planetary defence.Stationing missiles and anti-spacecraft guns... ...s negative, of course. Not so Master Sergeant Koon. For him, it was aboutthe principle. Things had to be done right, always and under all conditions. ... ...hat was of even higher importance for the master sergeant, it was amatter of principle. Soldiers had to be groomed flawlessly. Koon looked at the boot... ...‘I’m constantlyrequesting more of these all the time anyway’, he explained. ‘Useful stuff’.After the conversation had ended, Master Sergeant Koon left... ... learn fasterwhen directly at the front line. They were also sent to do some useful construction work.DN-DU-144/5 was to be fortified even stronger. I...

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...PART I Space Organization, Doctrine, and Architecture 1 An Aerospace Strategy for an Aerospace Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Stephen E. Wright 2 After the Gulf War: Balancing Space Power’s Develo...

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... Beyond the Paths of HeavenThe Emergence of Space Power Thought A Comprehensive Anthology of Space-Relat... ...Edited by Bruce M. DeBlois, Colonel, USAF Professor of Air and Space Technology Air University Press Maxwell Air Forc... ... Cataloging-in-Publication DataBeyond the paths of heaven : the emergence of space power thought : a comprehensive anthology of space-related master’s... ...cally, butgiven that they can be merged, should they be merged. Ananalogy is useful to illustrate the argument. ix L a n d a n d s e... ...roblem within the military space communitystems from a violation of military principle: unity ofcommand/effort. Former commander in chief for space(CI... ...onger be merely a supporting force. While the air and space power analogy is useful on certainspecific points, extrapolating the analogy into sweeping... ...mature the abilities of our air and space forces and make them even more useful tools for meeting our national security objectives. ... ... Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1989.Collins, John M. Grand Strategy Principles and Practices. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1973.—... ...eviewed anumber of Gulf War studies and distilled all of the lessonsto three principles. “On first examination, these principlesmight seem so broad as...

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... 1The Selections from the Principles of Philosophy 3Imprint ... ...from thePrinciples of Philosophy 2 SELECTIONS FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHYOFRENE DESCARTES (1596-1650)TRANSLATED BY JOHN VEIT... ... present volume contains a reprint of the preface and the first partof the Principles of Philosophy, together with selections from thesecond, third an... ...e taught hasproved unsatisfactory; and this makes me think that it will be useful toadd a preface to it for the purpose of showing what the MATTER of ... ...ides this, Ishould have shown that, as regards individuals, it is not only useful foreach man to have intercourse with those who apply themselves to t... ...rder that we may thereafter be able to discoverthe other sciences that are useful to us. Thus, all Philosophy is like atree, of which Metaphysics is t... ...conceive figure unlessin something extended, nor motion unless in extended space, norimagination, sensation, or will, unless in a thinking thing. But,... ..., and depth, weare not in the habit of saying that body is there, but only space andfurther void space, which the generality believe to be a mere nega... ...d, has not, therefore, less extensionthan when the parts embrace a greater space, owing to their removalfrom each other, and their dispersion into bra...

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...ism and materialist dialectics is available to the English speaking world through Luna Nguyen's groundbreaking translation of Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism, Part 1: The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism for University and College Students Not Specializing in Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought....

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...are: Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist Political Economics, and Scientific Socialism. Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism studies the basic principles of the movement and development of nature, society and human thought. It provides the fundamental worldview and methodology of scientific awareness and revolutionary practice. Based on this philosophical worldview...

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...Introduction to The Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism I. Brief History of Marxism Leninism Marxism and the Three Constituent Parts: 1 Summary of the Birth and Development of Marxism-Leninism: 2 II. Objects, Purposes, and Requirements for St...

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... and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism CURRICULUM OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MARXISM-LENINISM CURRICULUM OF“In order to build socialism, f... ...In order to build socialism, first and foremost, we need to have THE BASIC PRINCIPLESsocialist people who understand socialist ideology and havesocial... ...through Luna Nguyen’s groundbreaking translation ofCurriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism, Part 1: TheWorldview and Philosophical Meth... ...not presentin the original Vietnamese work. We hope that this book will be useful in at least three ways: • As a comprehensive introductory textbook ... ...ck together coherently and cohesively in order to obtain a deeper and more useful understanding of reality. ... ...ught processes. Annotation 20 Endlessness refers to the infinite span of space and time in our universe. Self-existence means that our universe exis... ...ere peasant farmers. The Mensheviks believed Russian peasants would not be useful in a proletarian revolution, which is why they argued for allowing c... ...” “it is not nature which imposes on [or dictates to] us the concepts of space and time, but we who impose them on nature;” “whatever is not thoug... ...alectical materialist viewpoint, motion is the mode of existence ofmatter; space and time are the forms of existence of matter. Annotation 60 Mode r...

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...A decision to put weapons in space—or to refrain from doing so—should be based on a firm understanding about what such weapons can be expected to achieve. More specifically since numerous orbital weapons concepts have been advocated as natural evolution...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Space Weaponization Debate . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 SPACE-BASED WEAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Directed Energy Weapo...

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...B AL 36112-6428. Does the United States Spacy Need Space-Based Weapons? Thank you for your assistanceCOLLEGE OF AEROSPACE DOCT... ...ESEARCH, AND EDUCATION AIR UNIVERSITYDoes the United States Need Space-Based Weapons? WILLIAM L. SPACY II Major, USAF ... ...h, and Education (CADRE). Dedi-cated to promoting understanding of air and space powertheory and application, these studies are published by the AirUn... ...ated as natural evolutions of surface and airborne weapons,it would appear useful to compare those proposed space-based systems with their terrestrial... ...ire im -provements in precision guidance and warhead materials tobe widely useful. A partial solution to this problem may besuch a concept as the CAV,... ...ed that even very small and inexpensivesatellites could collect militarily useful data. 3 While the high-est resolution imagery may still require larg... ... limited amount of power available once inorbit, lasers operating on known principles are incapable ofdelivering significant amounts of power against ... ...forceapplication mission are weapons that operate on the better-understood principles of physical impact. Alternatives to Orbital Bombardment The ... ... Nations Charter (1945), • Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (1963), • Treaty on the Principles of the Activity of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer ...