Mastering the Ultimate High Ground Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space 1st Edition by Benjamin Lambeth ISBN 0833033301 9780833033307

Chapter One
INTRODUCTION

Chapter Two
THE AIR FORCE’S STRUGGLE FOR SPACE

• Early Interservice Conflicts
• More Frustrations for Air Force Ambitions
• Subsequent Air Force Gains
• The Consolidation of Air Force Space Activities
• Some Implications for Today’s Planners

Chapter Three
AIR AND SPACE VERSUS “AEROSPACE”

• The Roots of the “Aerospace” Construct
• Conceptual Problems with the Idea of Aerospace
• Opportunity Costs of the Aerospace Emphasis
• A Resurgent Air Force Fixation on Aerospace
• The Call for Aerospace Integration

Chapter Four
THE SPACE COMMISSION AND ITS IMPACT

• What the Commissioners Found Overall
• The Issue of a Separate Space Service
• Improving the Space Budgeting Process
• Initial Air Force Reactions
• The Bush Pentagon’s Policy Decisions
• Some Near-Term Implementation Questions
• A Time for Action

Chapter Five
ON SPACE CONTROL AND SPACE FORCE APPLICATION

• Why Space Control Now?
• Understanding the Space Control Mission
• Some Initial Space Control Alternatives
• Force Application and the Issue of Weaponization
• Is Space Weaponization Inevitable?
• Near-Term Implications for the Air Force

Chapter Six
THE ROAD AHEAD

• Operational and Institutional Imperatives
• Cementing the Executive-Agent Mandate
• Unsettled Funding Issues
• Next Steps in Space Mission Development
• Some Unresolved Organizational Questions
• Toward the Air Force’s Future in Space