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107581
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The economic growth of Eastern states is leading to exceedingly consequential developments for their respective military and civilian space programs. The Chinese space program in particular is developing at a rapid pace, which is commensurate with China's economic growth. Accordingly, if the United States is to retain its quantitative and qualitative edges in space it must recover the dynamism with which to further its economic and technological development. In this regard, inflatable designs for space solar power (SSP) are emerging whose economic impact can power the development of American space capabilities in the twenty-first century. With these platforms the United States can rejoin the space race with immense resources.
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Space is a warfighting domain. States around the world are proliferating technologies for space warfare. The design concept of an inflatable spherical solar power satellite, known as the Power Star, revolutionizes space warfare. The Power Star offers a variety of dual uses with both commercial and military applications, and a renewable energy technology that replaces fossil fuels in the global economy. At the same time, the Power Star is a space-based directed energy weapon, and encompasses a communication, cyber, and electronic warfare suite that detects and tracks enemy satellites, missiles, hypersonic weapons, and aircraft, and engages in space-borne jamming. A mega constellation of Power Stars delivers fire power and effects across orbit and the atmosphere on a global scale. In combination with a variety of co-orbiting satellites, a space force fleet of Power Stars exercises effective control of orbit and allows a space force to act decisively in space warfare.
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116247
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2012.
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The mediums of space and the sea have many common characteristics. They are both common zones upon which armed forces cannot subsist. Due to their nature, these environments cannot be rendered into national possession. The inherent value of both mediums is to transmit communications. In particular, communications enabled by space-based assets are vital for digital societies. As such, these assets must be protected. However, using weapons to protect them is fraught with political peril. In this regard, it would be wise for spacepower strategists to consult the strategies of classical sea power theory to find important insights. There is a wealth of strategic knowledge to be considered here that would shed light on how to deal with threats in space, including the issue of orbital debris.
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