Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization

By Department of Defense

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Title:	Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization
Author:	Department of Defense
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Language:	English
Subject:	Military, Armed Forces., National defense.
Collections:	Military and Armed Forces Library Collection
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Publisher:	Department of Defense


Citation APA MLA Chicago Of Defense, B. D. (n.d.). Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: The Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization was established pursuant to Public Law 106-65, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Section 1622.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents I. The Commission’s Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A. Statutory Charter of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B. Scope of the Commission’s Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 C. Organization of the Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 II. Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A. Conclusions of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 B. Space: Today and the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1. A New Era of Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. Vulnerabilities and Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 C. U.S. Objectives for Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1. Transform U.S. Military Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. Strengthen Intelligence Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3. Shape the International Legal and Regulatory Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4. Advance U.S. Technological Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5. Create and Sustain a Cadre of Space Professionals . . . . . . . 18 D. Organizations that Affect National Security Space . . . . . . . . . . 19 1. Executive Office of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2. Department of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. Intelligence Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4. Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 E. Management of National Security Space Activities . . . . . . . . . 25 1. Interagency Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2. SecDef/DCI Relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25