A Defining Year for Space Security

摘要

The following is from a speech at the 15th annual Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington. Today, the benefits derived from space assets permeate almost every aspect of our lives worldwide. Space systems enable personal communications devices; facilitate the operations of global markets; enhance weather forecasting and environmental monitoring; enable global navigation and transportation; expand our scientific frontier; provide national decision makers with global communications, command and control; and scores of other activities worldwide.