摘要

Addresses the history of the U.S. military space program as an USAF domain. Includes discussion on aerial reconnaissance; national space policy; Project CORONA; manned military space flight; the X-20 Dyna-Soar; the Manned Orbiting Laboratory; military space shuttles; missile early warning; SPADATA/SSN tracking network; nuclear detection; communication, meteorological and navigational satellites; anti-satellite systems; launch operations, ground control, organization and management; Space Command; Desert Storm, the USAF and the military space program in a changing world; and more. Photos.