Comments on: Defense authorization bill preserves ORS Office, examines space security issues http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/20/defense-authorization-bill-preserves-ors-office-examines-space-security-issues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defense-authorization-bill-preserves-ors-office-examines-space-security-issues Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Egad http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/20/defense-authorization-bill-preserves-ors-office-examines-space-security-issues/#comment-445446 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:27:12 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6779#comment-445446 Another section requires a study by the National Research Council on ways to deal with near- and long-term threats to national security space systems.

What’s wrong with the traditional ADD (Avoidance, Denial and Denigration) strategy that has worked so well when dealing with such matters these past decades? After all, nothing bad has happened yet.

]]> By: Jim Nobles http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/20/defense-authorization-bill-preserves-ors-office-examines-space-security-issues/#comment-445431 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:22:20 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6779#comment-445431 I suppose that would depend on the terms written into the contract DoD has with ULA. But I don’t know either.

]]> By: Fred Willett http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/20/defense-authorization-bill-preserves-ors-office-examines-space-security-issues/#comment-445354 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 03:02:34 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6779#comment-445354 I have a question. Perhaps someone here can help me with an answer.
The DoD currently subsidizes ULA to the turn of $1B+ a year for assured EELV access.
SpaceX gets zip.
When the DoD market is opened to SpaceX. Does that mean that it gets some of that $1B?
Or does (in the interests of a level playing field) ULA loose their $1B+.

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