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‘North Star’ Federal Government Vision for Future Space Needed, Report Says

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

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The U.S. Space Force and other federal entities must formulate a top-level space vision and protect future space commerce, according to a new, 86-page report from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the State of the Space Industrial Base 2020. The study stemmed from a four-day May conference hosted by the New Space New Mexico space non-profit--a workshop that convened more than 120 experts from AFRL, Space Force, the Defense Innovation Unit, industry, and academia to discuss a unified space…

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