Managers of the U.S. Air Force-led rapid response space initiative known as Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) are moving forward with plans to launch two more demonstration missions despite the service's stated intent to close out the activity next year. In its 2013 budget request, the Air Force proposed shuttering the ORS Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and allocating $10 million to integrate ORS concepts into other military space programs. However, the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee is pushing back against that proposal.
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