U.S. Strategy 2020: Facing a Multipolar Future

摘要

As the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama launches its space policy - both civil and military - the space context within which the policy will be affected is changing rapidly. By 2020, several nations will have new capabilities in space, along with civil capabilities, rivaling today's sensing and communications capabilities possessed by the U.S. military. And with the barriers to entry for space operations going down, multipolar space - or several global players shaping core space capabilities - will be a fundamental reality by 2020.