National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, "Streamlining Space Launch Range Safety"
English | 2000 | pages: 70 | ISBN: 0309069319 | EPUB | 2,1 mb
The U.S. space program is rapidly changing from an activity driven by federal government launches to one driven by commercial launches. In 1997, for the first time commercial launches outnumbered government launches at the Eastern Range (ER), located at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. Commercial activity is also increasing at the Western Range (WR), located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The government itself is emulating commercial customers, shifting from direct management of launch programs to the purchase of space launch services from U.S. commercial launch companies in an open, competitive market.
