With those words, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conferred upon the Air Force responsibility for military space programs defensewide. He acted to ensure that there was unity and clarity of effort in space.rnIt did not last long. In 2005, during a leadership vacuum in USAF, the Office of the Secretary of Defense "temporarily" withdrew this executive agent status from the service and began exercising the authority itself.
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机译：国防部长唐纳德·H·拉姆斯菲尔德（Donald H. Rumsfeld）用这些话来授予空军在国防范围内负责军事太空计划的责任。他的行动是为了确保太空中的努力统一和清晰。 2005年，在美国空军的领导真空中，国防部长办公室“暂时”撤回了该行政代理人的职务，并开始行使职权。
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