In an address to the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs April 12, the Commander of Air Force Space Command, General William L. Shelton, opened dialogue with industry and academia to consider three facts and their impact on the nations’ future approach to Space: today’s historic national reliance on space, increased vulnerabilities to space capabilities, and budget realities.
General Shelton then posed a question to space academia and industry members in the audience: Are there architectural options that will provide a nexus of adequate capability, of passive resiliency, and costs that are within budget?
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