ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We could not have undertaken this study without extensive support from many
individuals and organizations throughout the U.S. national security and space
communities. The authors are grateful for the guidance and assistance provided by Colonel Roger Graves, USAF, United States Space Command/J5;
Colonel Robi Chadbourne, USSPACECOM/J5; Colonel Ken Rosebush, USAF, Air
Force Space Command/XPX; and Colonel James Dill, USAF, Onizuka Air Force
Base, California. Also at USSPACECOM/J5, Colonel William Mulcahy, USAF;
Commander Terry Dorphinghaus, USN; Lieutenant Colonel Rudy Veit, USA;
Major Dave Girard, USA; and others were very helpful in providing their insights and guidance. The authors also benefited from discussions held with the
staffs of two other offices within USSPACECOMJ35, headed by Colonel Steve
Sloboda, USAF, and J33S. At the Air Force Space Command, Brigadier General
Roger DeKok, Director of Plans (XP), gave freely of his time and advice; in addition, Lieutenant Colonels Michael Wolfert, Jon Noetzel, and Randy Joslin, and
Majors Sam Lee, Steve Prebeck, and Kurt Stevens were particularly helpful in
providing their insights into command thinking about future space forces,
launch systems, and evolving concepts such as information warfare. Major
Patrick Rayermann of the Army Space Command was also very helpful in providing his commands perspective on space support to the warfighter and other
issues.
The authors are deeply indebted to Colonel Jim Burke, USAF, in the Pentagon,
for his long-term support and guidance. Others in the Pentagon who provided
extensive commentary and insights into the space policy process include
Colonel Simon Pete Worden, USAF; Colonel Gilbert Siegert, USAF; Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Brown, USA; Lieutenant Colonel Mark Rochlin, USA;
Lieutenant Colonel Bob Work, USMC; Major Bob Butler, USAF; Mark Berkowitz;
and Jordan Katz. The former Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Thomas Murrin,
and Courtney Stadd from the National Space Council enlightened us on the intricacies of interagency negotiations. At the Office of Science and Technology

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Policy, Richard DalBello and Jeff Hoffgard gave us valuable insights into current
administration thinking on space policies and programs.
In the private sector, we had numerous fruitful discussions with Charles Trimble and Ann Ciganer (Trimble Navigation), Dr. Jack Oslund and his colleagues
at COMSAT, James Frelk (Lockheed), Wallace McClure and Jeffrey Morrow
(Rockwell International), and others.
We also benefited from lengthy discussions with faculty and staff participating
in Spacecast 2020 at the Air War College, Maxwell AFB, in October 1993.
The authors are indebted to their RAND colleagues Bruno Augenstein, David
Chu, Glenn Buchan, Elwyn Harris, Katherine Poehlmann, and Gaylord Huth for
their insights, suggestions, and guidance. Glenn Buchan and Kevin OConnell
provided critical observations in their reviews of this document, which were
much appreciated. Betty Ashford, Rosalie Fonoroff, Birthe Wenzel, and Patricia
Bedrosian gave the authors extensive support in the management and production of this study. Finally, Paul Steinberg gave us insightful observations, crucial recommendations, and encouraging support throughout the process of
completing this report.
To all of these people we are indebted, and any errors, oversights, and statements of opinion are those of the authors alone.