Finding the shape of space
By: Christopher C. Shannon ... [et al.] ; editors, John P. Geis II, Amanda S. Birch, Tosha N. Meredith
Series: Occasional paper / Center for Strategy and Technology -- no. 69
Publisher: Air University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781585662081
Subjects: Government policy; Astronautics and state; Situational awareness; Space surveillance; United States; Planning; United States. Air Force Space Command; Space security; Technological innovations; Military Astronautics; Aerospace engineering
Notes: "July 2011."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Christopher C. Shannon, Tosha N. Meredith; title: Google Earth tube : prospects for full motion video from space / Scott J. Scheppers; title: Persistent space situational awareness : distributed real-time awareness global network in space / Dustin P. Ziegler; title: Toward breaking the rocket monopoly on space : scramjet-enabled space access in 2030 / Brian C. McDonald; title: Disruption in space system design using carbon nanotubes / David Suh Hoon Menke; title: Appendix A: Technology readiness levels; title: Appendix B: Status of selected space-access technologies; title: Appendix C: Delphi Study panelists.