OPTION: COMMIT TO A PERMANENTLY MANNED SPACE STATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00363R000400960018-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 18
• Content Type: REPORT

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Attachment 4
Compromise Option
Option: Commit to a permanently manned Space Station as a lonq-term goal but
efer commitment to specific major hardware options penTT-ng' additional
definition of requirements, costs and risks.
Description: Under this option, NASA would be tasked to define a program
containing appropriate study, technology development, and space research that
would support an architectural decision and major hardware procurement in the
FY 1988 time frame and lead to a Space Station IOC in the mid-1990s. The
objective of the efforts prior to 1988 would be to define more completely
requirements, costs and risks of a Space Station. Special emphasis would be
placed on understanding potential national security uses, recognizing that
unique national security requirements may not be found.
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