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National Security Space Situational Awareness Can Gain Public Support By Explaining How Much Civilian Programs Depend On Space

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Monday, September 8th, 2008

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While the need for military space situational awareness (SSA) is great and growing, public support for SSA could be increased greatly if only the public understood how much civilian programs and organizations depend on space systems, the head of the Space Foundation argued. Elliot G. Pulham, the foundation president and chief executive officer, surveyed the sweeping effects that space programs have on everyday business life. He will lay out his argument at a Strategic Space and Defense conference next month…

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Congress

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Army

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Congress

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