02443cam a2200433 i 4500 rnd000000000048556 RAND 920212s1991 cauao b 000 0 eng d 92138500 0833018310 RAND/N-3103-A (Sirsi) a190536 $40.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- UG1523 .M58 1991 Mitchell, Edward John, 1937- author. Apogee, perigee, and recovery : chronology of Army exploitation of space / Eddie Mitchell. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. xxvi, 157 pages : illustrations, photos ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier A RAND note ; 3103 "This study was conducted in RAND's Arroyo Center ... within the Applied Technology program"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-157). Since the mid-1980s, a debate has gone on within the Department of Defense (DOD) on whether it is appropriate for the Army to be increasingly involved in space and, if so, how the Army should exploit space. This Note (1) describes the evolution of the Army's exploitation of space in response to an emerging post-World War II Soviet threat while complying with national policy and organizational directives; (2) informs the current Army, DOD, students, and others of the full spectrum of the Army's past and current exploitation of space; and (3) provides a chronology of policy decisions and events, from 1907 through mid-1989, which have shaped the Army's exploitation in the technological areas of ballistic missiles, satellites, early-warning radars, ground stations, anti-satellite defenses, anti-ballistic missile defenses, theater missile defenses, and tactical missiles. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. United States. Army. Astronautics, Military United States. Space weapons. Rand Corporation. Arroyo Center. Applied Technology Program. United States. Army. Rand note ; 3103. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3103/ 596925 596925