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Reusable Space Vehicle Ground Operations Baseline Conceptual Model
Modeling efforts for future space operation vehicles at the United States Air Force Research Lab's
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Performance Characterization of a Novel Plasma Thruster to Provide a Revolutionary Operationally Responsive Space Capability With Micro- and Nano-Satellites
Few options currently exist to provide propulsion for extremely small satellites due to design cons
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Daytime Detection of Space Objects
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) requires repeated object updates for orbit accuracy. Detection of
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The Future of Space Exploration and Security Capabilities
This paper applies scenario-based thinking as described in Peter Schwartz's The Art of the Long Vie
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Comparative Analysis on the Cost of Oversight for the New National Security Space Acquisition Policy
For the past 50 years, the military's use of space for our national defense has increased exponenti
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Command and Control Structures for Space and Information Operations in a Joint Command
This research develops two products for aiding a Joint Force Commander (JFC) tasked with developing
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A Naval Pedigree for Space Power Theory
"The purpose of this thesis is to add to the body of work related to space power theory. Specifical
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Mentoring Into Space
Col Susan J. Helms is an American hero with several shuttle missions and five months aboard the int
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Mentoring Into Space
Col Susan J. Helms is an American hero with several shuttle missions and five months aboard the int
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Air University School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
This paper serves as a transition piece between the Air Force 2025 and Blue Horizons futures studie
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Utilizing the Elements of National Power to Predict Ungoverned Space
The greatest threat to stability in Africa is the increase in transnational terrorist groups and cr
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China in Space
The Maxwell Papers, the Air War College's occasional papers series, focus oncurrent and future issu
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A Naval Pedigree for Space Power Theory
"The purpose of this thesis is to add to the body of work related to space power theory. Specifical
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Comparative Analysis on the Cost of Oversight for the New National Security Space Acquisition Policy
For the past 50 years, the military's use of space for our national defense has increased exponenti
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U.S. Military Space
Executive Summary Our nation's military Space capability is a vital component to successful U.S. an
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Spacecraft Proximity Operations Used to Estimate the Dynamical and Physical Properties of a Resident Space Object
When conducting a space proximity operation, developing high-fidelity estimates of the dynamical an
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X37 Space Vehicle
The Air Force invested $16M in NASA's X-37 program and will have exclusive testing of two of these
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Space Coordinating Authority of Information Services From Space
In recognizing the importance of space power to military operations, doctrine recommends a single a
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Minimizing Losses in a Space Laser Power Beaming System
A mathematical model is developed to track the amount of power delivered in a wireless laser power
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Improved Multispectral Skin Detection and Its Application to Search Space Reduction for Dismount Detection Based on Histograms of Oriented Gradients
Due to the general shift from conventional warfare to terrorism and urban warfare by enemies of the
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Providing Near-Term, Combat Effective Space Situational Awareness
Early on in the space age, the US and USSR tacitly agreed not to interfere with each other's satell
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How the Current View of the Air and Space Environment Influences Development of Military Space Forces
Perceptions determine actions. The military's perception of the air and space environment influence
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Space Launch Operations and the Lean Aerospace Initiative
The lean concepts of right thing, right place, and at the right time can be applied to current and
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The Command of Space
This paper develops a compelling case for a national space vision to advance the American vital int
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It Isn't Space, It's Warfare! Joint Warfighting Space and the Command and Control of Deployable Space Forces
The Air Force has made great strides in integrating space effects into combat operations. However,
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Cubesat Packaged Electrospray Thruster Evaluation for Enhanced Operationally Responsive Space Capabilities
A new specialized electrospray thruster with a potential to be used with a 3-U CubeSat was operated
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The Landmark Space-Age Thucydides
Laymen and space enthusiasts alike continuously ask, "Why send people to space?" The popular philos
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Design of a Space-Borne Autonomous Infrared Tracking System
Complete characterization of the space environment in support of the United States' goal of Space S
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Operationally Responsive Space
The Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) initiative is intended to develop
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The Need for a Global Space-Traffic-Control Service
Losing a satellite to an accidental on-orbit collision is no longer hypothetical, but real and incr
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Growing the Space Industrial Base
The Defense Department has long hoped that its needs for space products and services could be suppl
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Near-Space Vehicles
This paper analyzes current and future near-space technology. The discussion is at a non-space prof
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A Space Corps Structure Based on the National Reconnaissance Office Organizational Model
The Space Commission recommendations to realign Air Force space activities were only the first step
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A Space Corps Structure Based on the National Reconnaissance Office Organizational Model
The Space Commission recommendations to realign Air Force space activities were only the first step
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China's Space Program and Its Implications for the United States
China became a serious member of the spacefaring community in 1985 and in response, the U.S. develo
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Critical Technologies for Building the Space Elevator
Into Space Using a Thread and a Laser - Blue DartWhat did the world think when Sputnik was launched
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Operationally Responsive Space
The Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) initiative is intended to develop
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Growing the Space Industrial Base
The Defense Department has long hoped that its needs for space products and services could be suppl
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Air University School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
This paper serves as a transition piece between the Air Force 2025 and Blue Horizons futures studie
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Using Lasers in Space
Orbital debris in tow-Earth orbit ranging in size from 1 to 10 centimeters (cm) in diameter, poses
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The Space Between Thoughts
What if the real breakthrough doesn't come from thinking more positively - but from changing the pl
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Space Regainer
Premature loss of primary teeth can lead to space loss, tooth migration, and malocclusion in childr
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Newer Strategies In 3-dimensional Pulp Space Obturation
Successful endodontic therapy has traditionally depended on a triad of debridement, disinfection, a
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Cookies of Space and the Cream-filled Catastrophe
Lulu.com 出版The crew of the Cookie Force spaceship Confection One is here to protect the galaxy from crooked co
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Mother Hubble's Cupboard and Other Poems About Inner and Outer Space
Reading Mother Hubble's Cupboard by Sandra Lindow is like sitting in the overlap of a dozen differe
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The Banana From Space And Other Stories From Riverstone
Gora Realms 出版Riverstone is a quiet town where odd things happen as a matter of course - whether it's an ant colo
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China in Space
The Maxwell Papers, the Air War College's occasional papers series, focus oncurrent and future issu
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Maxim's Spectacular Space Adventure
Blast off into the stars with Maxim, the brave teacup Yorkie turned space explorer! Join Maxim on a