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CONTENTS
SUMMARY
MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
U.S. Launch Vehicle Policy
From "Shuttle-Only" to "Mixed Fleet"
Clinton Administration Policy
George W. Bush Administration Policy
U.S. Launch Vehicle Programs and Issues
NASA's Space Shuttle Program
The Challenger and Columbia Tragedies
Return to Flight (RTF)
The United Space Alliance (USA)
The Shuttle's Future
Shuttle Budget
"Shuttle-Derived" Launch Vehicles
NASA's Efforts to Develop New Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs)
DOD's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Program
Private Sector Launch Vehicles (Including Space Tourism and the X-Prize)U.S. Commercial Launch Services Industry
Congressional Interest
Foreign Launch Competition
Europe
China
Russia
Ukraine
India
Japan
Satellite Exports: Agency Jurisdiction andOther Issues
LEGISLATION
Note: The original author of this Issue Brief, Marcia S. Smith, has left CRS to become
Director of the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council.
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Behrens, Carl E. Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports, report, March 20, 2006; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc824748/m1/2/?q=%22economic%20policy%22: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.