TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hays,Peter L.
TI  - Space and security: a reference handbook 
T2  - Contemporary world issues
AV  - UG1523 .H395 2011eb
U1  - 629.40973 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Astronautics and state
KW  - United States
KW  - Astronautics, Military
KW  - Space industrialization
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Space surveillance
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Aeronautics & Astronautics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Outer space
KW  - Civilian use
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspectives -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Data and documents -- Directory of organizations -- Resources
N2  - Two-and-a-half years before Russia launched the first Sputnik satellites in 1957, the United States had already established a secret policy that emphasized peaceful applications of space technology and set the precedent of using satellite overflight for reconnaissance collection. Almost all of the organization and management structures that were created in the 1950s continue to affect U.S. national security space policy today
ER  -