The Imperative for United States Engagement in a Global Space Debris Cleanup Program
The United States should proactively engage with other nations and initiate a comprehensive program to clean up the space debris problem.
The United States should proactively engage with other nations and initiate a comprehensive program to clean up the space debris problem.
For more than 30 years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has focused on "warfighting," emphasizing violent combat at the tactical and theater level over other national defense concerns, especially strategically.
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has just launched a study called LunA-10 to explore infrastructure needs for a future lunar economy. The aim is to kick-start an economy on the Moon in the next 10 years.
If China's space ambitions continue unchallenged, America will be seriously economically and militarily disadvantaged. This book provides a comprehensive strategy to secure U.S. primacy in the space domain.
Assessing China’s space program is vital to understanding how investments in space add to a country’s comprehensive national power.