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Guaranteed Access To Space, Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, And Climate Change, John Lanicci, J.E. Thropp
Guaranteed Access To Space, Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, And Climate Change, John Lanicci, J.E. Thropp
John M Lanicci
Guaranteed access to space is a major tenet of U.S. national security policy. Over the last 10 years, over two-thirds of U.S. space launches have originated from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. During the transition of the U.S. manned space program from a public-sector operation to a mixture of public and private sector responsibilities, continued access to space from the CCAFS/KSC complex is necessary to maintain U.S. leadership in space and the continuation of Space Situational Awareness, defined as understanding and maintaining awareness of the population of objects orbiting the earth. The CCAFS/KSC …