The long-awaited Bush Administration national space policy is a statement of the past dressed up 21st century garb. The dramatically changing context of space policy for this century is missing in action. The United States is asserted to be the dominant space player with a right to "freedom of action" in a period of robust national space exploration and commercial space revival. The only thing wrong with this document is its misguided direction. The United States cannot lead if it does not know how to leverage an increasingly dynamic and fluid space environment.
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