This report, prepared for the House Committee on Science, is the first in a broad assessment of the health and future prospects of the U.S. space transportation technology and industrial base. The report focuses on the Clinton Administration's National Space Transpoortation Policy, which was released last fall. It examines administration policy in light of the implementation plans prepared by NASA, DOD, and the Transportation and Commerce Departments. The policy also emphasizes the important contribution private industry can make to the direction and development of U.S. space transportation capabilities. However, an analysis of the policy and implementation plans also raises some issues that might be of interest to Congress as it debates space transportation legislation, oversight, and funding. These issues involve decisions on NASA and DOD development programs, the use of foreign launch vehicles, and the new role of the private sector in space transportation research and development decisionmaking. This report also identifies two issues omitted from the Administration's policy: the perservation of long-range ballistic missile capabilities after final production in 2005, and the perspective of lower industrial tier firms toward national space transportation policy.
National Space Transportation Policy: Issues for Congress
1995
126 pages
Report
No indication
English
Space Technology , Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Research Program Administration & Technology Transfer , Space transportation system , Policy making , Technology utilization , Government/industry relations , Space commercialization , Aerospace industry , Launch vehicles , National security , Ballistic missiles , Private sector , Responsibility , Risk assessment , Technology transfer , Funding , Budgeting , Foreign space technology
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