REMEMBER , Our Space Capability OR LACK of Becomes more Critical as Time Passes.
WAKE America before it is TOO LATE!!
WHY CAN'T OUR LEADERS make Simple Comparison Re: Reuseable vs, Expendable
Look at what the shuttle has accomplished & what can be accomplished in the future IF the USA uses and evolves the shuttle vs. The direction we are heading either COTS and SLS/Orion.
Read Nelson's papers, The Case to Save the Shuttle by Al Richardson, & compare with PAPER programs. Compare cost per pound of different approaches vs. Capabilities. Read the 51 I story, AND consider the Shuttle & Ancillary systems & Ground Facilities EXIST,(EXISTS) AND all development, R & D tests, qualification tests are done, plus TREMENDOUS amounts of knowledge based on 30 years of operation, considering ALL new programs STILL have to go through the various testing & failures & operational learning curve and they are going with inferior concepts, one Should Only Conclude USE & EVOLVE the Shuttle System.
If we do not use shuttle,
IT WILL BE DECADES BEFORE WE REGAIN OUR EXISTING CAPABILITY which is IN A MUSEUM.
The USA can accomplish a multitude of things with shuttle from satellite launches, on orbit repair, to missions to other destinations by placing other systems in orbit.
The PLA Considers Tools of Space Warfare
The PLA is exploring a variety of space weapons through theoretical, basic, and applied research.[78] These include:[79]
* satellite jamming technology
* collisions between space bodies
* kinetic energy weapons
* space-to-ground attack weapons
* space planes that can transit and fight "up or down" in the upper atmosphere or space
* high-power laser weapons
* high-power microwave weapon systems
* particle beam weapons
* electromagnetic pulse
PLA authors credit the United States with having the most advanced capabilities in the areas of kinetic energy weapons, particle beam weapons, and directed energy in general. However, the PLA does well at various forms of jamming and has done a lot of work on the concept of colliding space bodies.
The dilemma here for the military theorists and planners in the United States is that this is really space science and rocket science. Although Chinese military theory and basic and applied research into these areas are transparent, the weapons systems that may emerge as formal programs are not. It is not clear to theorists and policymakers whether current science will support many of these space war systems. Therefore, the United States must apply resources toward engaging people with scientific, mathematical, and engineering backgrounds in intelligence research and analysis on China. The PLA is serious about space warfare. Moreover, the destruction of its own weather satellite and the blinding of a U.S. satellite mean it is achieving some success.
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