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A Short History of Air and Space Defense in the Cold War

Posted on November 7, 2016 by launiusr

Following World War II, although some demobilization took place, the Cold War precipitated a continuation of an expansion of military aerospace activities and fostered the search for a truly effective air and space defense for the United States. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in aviation, History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Air National Guard, Atlas, B-52, ballistic missile defense organization, Cheyenne Mountain, cold war, Department of Defense, Department of Defense (DOD), DEW Line, General Curtis E. LeMay, History, ICBM, KC-135, Kennedy administration, M-X Peacekeeper, Minuteman, Mutually Assured Destruction, National Security Act of 1947, National Security Council, Nike Hercules, North American Air Defense Command (NORAD), nuclear triad, Polaris, politics, Project CORONA, public perceptions, public policy, Ronald Reagan, satellite reconnaissance, science, SLBM, Soviet Union, SR-71, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Titan, Trident, U-2, United States Air Force | Leave a comment

A Breathless Survey of Strategic Air Command (SAC) History

Posted on October 28, 2016 by launiusr

During the latter 1940s, although some demobilization took place after World War II, the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union precipitated the creation of a strategic force that could strike an enemy with nuclear weapons anywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in aeronautics, aviation, History | Tagged AGM-86, Air Combat Command, Air Force Space Command, Atlas, B-29, B-36, B-50, B-52, Cuban Missile Crisis, Department of Defense (DOD), Dien Bien Phu, Dr. Strangelove, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Gen. George C. Kenney, Gen. Nathan Twining, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), Joint Chiefs of Staff, Linebacker 1 and 2, Minuteman, mutual assured destruction, New Look, Operation Rolling Thunder, Peacekeeper, sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM), Stanley Kubrick, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Titan, United States Strategic Command, USAF | 1 Comment

The Cold War Origins of Space Access

Posted on April 15, 2016 by launiusr

It is almost a truism that the primary U.S. space launch capabilities were created only because of the challenge of an exceptionally desperate Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union. Accordingly, the development and deployment of ballistic missiles, space-based intelligence-gathering … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Atlas, cold war, Delta, Department of Defense, History, international relations, NASA, rockets, space access, space launchers, Thor, Titan, U.S. Civil Space | Leave a comment

A Short History of USAF’s Strategic Air Command in the Cold War

Posted on May 25, 2015 by launiusr

During the latter 1940s, although some demobilization took place after World War II, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union precipitated the creation of a strategic force that could strike an enemy with nuclear weapons anywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in aeronautics, aviation, History, Politics | Tagged air power, Atlas, B-29, B-36, B-50, cold war, Cuban Missile Crisis, Curtis E. LeMay, Department of Defense, Dien Bien Phu, Dr. Strangelove, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George C. Kenney, History, ICBM, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Linebacker 1 and 2, Minuteman, Nathan Twining, Offutt Air Force Base, Operation Rolling Thunder, SLBM, Soviet Union, Stanley Kubrick, Strategic Air Command, Titan | 1 Comment

The Space Shuttle and the Costly Nature of Space Access

Posted on March 6, 2015 by launiusr

Why is space flight so expensive? Lowering the cost of space access has long been a major goal of rocketeers. Thus far they have largely been unsuccessful in doing so. Space travel started out and remains an exceptionally costly enterprise. The … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space, Space Shuttle | Tagged 1960s, Atlas, Challenger, Dale D. Myers, Delta, ELV, expendable launch vehicle, George Low, launch vehicles, NASA, Office of Management of Budget, reusable launch vehicle, Richard M. Nixon, RLV, rockets, saturn v, space access, space shuttle, Titan, U.S. Civil Space | 17 Comments

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by launiusr

1945—70 Years Ago 4 July—The NACA’s Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD) launched from Wallops Island, Maryland, its first test vehicle, a small two-stage, solid-fuel rocket to check out the installation’s instrumentation. The group soon began serious work to learn about … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, Akatsuki, Alexei Leonov, Apollo 13, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Army Ballistics Missile Agency, Atlantis, Atlas, cold war, Deep Impact 1, Dragon, Echo 1, Ed White, Falcon 9, Frank Borman, Gemini III, Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Gus Grissom, Hayabusa, History, hubble space telescope, IKAROS, Intelsat 1, International Space Station, Jim Lovell, John W. Young, Luna 16, Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, Mariner 4, Mir, Moon, Moon race, NACA, NASA, National Security Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Norman E. Thagard, Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Project Vanguard, Redstone Arsenal, science, Soyuz 9, space science, space shuttle, SpaceX, Tiros 1, Titan, Tom Stafford, Transit 1B, U.S. Civil Space, V-2, Viking, Voskhod 2, Voyager, WAC-Corporal, Wally Schirra, Wernher von Braun, White Sands Proving Grounds | 5 Comments

Early USAF Missile Evolution: Atlas, Thor, Titan, and Minuteman Launchers

Posted on September 13, 2013 by launiusr

During the early 1950s all the armed services of the United States worked toward the fielding of ballistic missiles that could deliver warheads to enemy targets, in some cases intercontinental targets half a world away. Competition was keen among the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Competition, History, Space | Tagged 1960s, American exceptionalism, Atlas, cold war, Department of Defense, Minuteman, Soviet Union, Thor, Titan | 1 Comment

Thinking About Space Exploration: “Space 2012” on the Kojo Nnamdi Show

Posted on January 4, 2012 by launiusr

Howard McCurdy and I appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on January 2, 2012, for a discussion of the Space Shuttle’s replacement, the discovery of extrasolar planets closer the size of Earth than anything yet discovered, the prospects for life … Continue reading →

Posted in History, International Space Station, Lunar Exploration, Science, Space, Space Shuttle | Tagged Earth science, Europa, extrasolar planets, Io, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, Moon, NASA, planetary science, public perceptions, public policy, space science, space shuttle, Titan, U.S. Civil Space | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Titan

A Short History of Air and Space Defense in the Cold War

A Breathless Survey of Strategic Air Command (SAC) History

The Cold War Origins of Space Access

A Short History of USAF’s Strategic Air Command in the Cold War

The Space Shuttle and the Costly Nature of Space Access

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Early USAF Missile Evolution: Atlas, Thor, Titan, and Minuteman Launchers

Thinking About Space Exploration: “Space 2012” on the Kojo Nnamdi Show

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