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42. United States Space Launch Programs

Author : Jeff Foust

Published in: Handbook of Space Security

Publisher: Springer New York

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The United States has an extensive array of launch options. This chapter addresses US space launch programs from two perspectives. The first is via policy: the various means, from executive branch policy documents to legislation, that the US government shapes the goals and direction of both government and commercial launch services. The second is via technology: an examination of the major orbital and suborbital launch vehicles in service today or under development by both government agencies and private companies and how well these vehicles meet the goals laid out in national policy.

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Title: United States Space Launch Programs
Author: Jeff Foust
Publisher: Springer New York
Book: Handbook of Space Security
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-2028-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-2029-3

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2029-3_32

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