Thursday, December 07, 2006

Air Force and messes in space...

From Secrecy News:

AIR FORCE SPACE OPERATIONS, AND ORBITAL DEBRIS

U.S. Air Force doctrine on space operations is elaborated in a new publication. See "Space Operations," Air Force Doctrine DocumentAFDD 2-2, November 27, 2006:

http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usaf/afdd2_2.pdf

The threat posed by debris in Earth orbit is the subject of a recent Master's Thesis, which provides a convenient introduction to the subject and a review of recent literature. See "OrbitalDebris: Technical and Legal Issues and Solutions" by Michael W.Taylor, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, August 2006:

http://www.fas.org/spp/eprint/taylor.pdf

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