Military Space

Military Space

Updated: August 2010

NASA was founded with the express intent of peacefully exploring space. However, for most of history, rockets were chiefly used by armies and navies. American military and naval personnel sometimes are posted temporarily to NASA centers if the agency can use their skills. Some NASA centers are next door to American military and naval bases so that the government can save money by using one set of labs and other facilties when our civilian and military programs have common needs. American military space programs concentrate on navigation, communication, and remote sensing, although there are anti-missile and anti-satellite programs. Some programs, like the Global Positioning System, are military projects that have civilian applications. Others, like the United States Naval Observatory, are devoted to scientific research. You may also find items of interest in our webpages on Legislative Research and Space Law or International Cooperation in Space.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call x0168 or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your local library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Contents:	Policies	Books	E-books	Journals	Internet Resources

NASA Policies

The following policies and procedural requirements can be accessed by anyone through the NASA Online Directives Information System:
NASA Policy Directive 3280.3J: Detail of Military Personnel to NASA
NASA Policy Directive 3280.8G: Recommendations for Military Awards and Decoration to Military Personnel Assigned to NASA

Books

Boehm, Joshua, et al. A History of United States National Security Space Management and Organization. Washington, DC: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, 2001.: UG1523 .B64 2001 BOOKSTACKS
Gallagher, Nancy W., and John D. Steinbruner. Reconsidering the Rules for Space Security. Cambridge, MA: Committee on International Security Studies, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008.: TL788.4 .G35 2008 BOOKSTACKS
Hall, R. Cargill, and Jacob Neufeld. The U.S. Air Force in Space: 1945 to the 21^st Century. Washington, DC: USAF History and Museums Program, 1998.: UG1523 .A37 1998 BOOKSTACKS
Lambakis, Steven James. On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001.: TL789.8 .U5 L35 2001 BOOKSTACKS
McLaughlin, J. Kevin. Military Space Culture. Washington, DC: Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization, 2001.: UG1523 .M35 2001 BOOKSTACKS
Moltz, James Clay. The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests. Stanford, CA: Stanford Security Studies, 2008.: TL788.4 .M65 2008 BOOKSTACKS
Oberg, James E. Space Power Theory. Colorado Springs, CO: US Air Force Academy, 1999.: UG1523 .O23 1999 BOOKSTACKS
Paikowsky, Deganit. Space Technology, Patterns of Warfare and Force Build-up: Between a Power and a Small State. Technion City, Haifa, Israel: Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, 2007.: UG1525 .I8 P35 2007 BOOKSTACKS
Podvig, Pavel Leonardovich, and Hui Zhang. Russian and Chinese Responses to U.S. Military Plans in Space. Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008.: UG1520 .P63 2008 BOOKSTACKS
Preston, Bob, et al. Space Weapons: Earth Wars. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002.: UG1530 .S72 2002 BOOKSTACKS
Temple, L. Parker. Shades of Gray: National Security and the Evolution of Space Reconnaissance. Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005.: UG1523 .T46 2004 BOOKSTACKS

E-books

The e-book listed here is available to NASA civil servants and contractors through the Books 24x7 service of SATERN.
Petersen, J.K. Understanding Surveillance Technologies: Spy Devices, Privacy, History, and Applications. Auerbach Publications, 2007.

Journals

Please feel free to visit us from 7:30 to 5:00, Monday through Friday, or, if you are a NASA HQ civil servant, detailee, or contractor, you can read these journals online.

Aerospace America

Aerospace Daily and Defense Report

Astropolitics

Aviation Week and Space Technology

Crosslink

Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly

Space News

Space Policy

Internet Resources

NASA
Brunner, Christopher. NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations. April 7, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oer/index.html; This office is NASA's liason with the Department of Defense.
Joint Armed Services
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. August 6, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.darpa.mil/index.html
Missile Defense Agency. July 26, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.mda.mil/
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. August 9, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www1.nga.mil/Pages/Default.aspx
National Reconnaissance Office. May 6, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.nro.gov/
National Security Space Office. July 13, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.acq.osd.mil/nsso/index.htm
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). August 10, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.norad.mil/
U.S. Strategic Command. August 4, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.stratcom.mil/default.asp
Air Force
Air Force Research Laboratory. August 9, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/AFRL/
Air Force Space Command. August 9, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.afspc.af.mil/; There are links on this webpage to the websites for High Frontier and the Air and Space Power Journal.
Global Positioning System. July 22, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.gps.gov/
National Air and Space Intelligence Center. June 18, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.afisr.af.mil/units/nasic/index.asp
Army
Redstone Arsenal. August 2, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.garrison.redstone.army.mil/
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site. July 29, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command. August 9, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.army.mil/institution/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/smdc/; There is a link on this webpage to the website for The Army Space Journal.
White Sands Missile Range. June 22, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.wsmr.army.mil/wsmr.asp
Navy
Naval Center for Space Technology. Feb. 2, 2009 [August 10, 2010]: http://www.nrl.navy.mil/content.php?P=CODE8000
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. August 6, 2010 [August 10, 2010]: http://enterprise.spawar.navy.mil/
US Naval Observatory. August 3, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO
US Naval Research Lab. August 10, 2010. [August 10, 2010]: http://www.nrl.navy.mil/


	August 2010