UNITED STATES SPACE LAUNCH STRATEGY

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WASHINGTON.
February 25, 1985
NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION
DIRECTIVE NUMBER 164
National Security Launch Strategy
NSDD 144, National Space Strategy, states that the Space
Transportation System (STS) will continue as the primary space
launch system for both national security and civil government
missions. It also directs DoD to pursue an improved assured
launch capability that will be complementary to the STS. This
NSDD provides a launch strategy to implement these two pro-
visions, as well as initiate a study to look toward the future
development of a second-generation space transportation system.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and
the Department of Defense (DoD) will work together to insure
that the STS is fully operational and cost-effective at a
flight rate sufficient to meet justified needs. (The target
rate is 24 flights per year.)
The Air Force will buy ten expendable launch vehicles (ELVs)
and will launch them at a rate of approximately two per year
during the period 1988-92. A competitive decision will be made
between a Titan derivative vehicle and the SRB-X before March
1, 1985.
DoD will rely on the STS as its primary launch vehicle and will
commit to at least one-third of the STS flights available
during the next ten years. NASA and DoD will jointly develop a
pricing policy for DoD flights that provides a positive incen-
tive for flying on the Shuttle. The pricing policy will be
based upon the principle that an agreed reimbursement rate per
flight will be comprised of a fixed and variable component.
This will result in an annual fixed fee and a charge per flight
at marginal or-incremental costs. NASA will propose a pricing
policy based upon this principle by April 15, 1985.
DoD and NASA will jointly study the development of a sec-
ond-generation space transportation system - making use of
manned and unmanned systems to meet the requirements of all
users. A.kull range of options will be studied, including
Shuttle-derived technologies and others. It would be
anticipated that NASA would be responsible for systems manage-
ment of civil manned systems and DoD would be responsible for
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systems management of unmanned systems. DOD and NASA will
jointly define the terms of reference of this effort for
issuance as a National Security Study Directive (NSSD).
Any disagreements regarding implementation of this Strategy
should be referred first to the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs and subsequently, if necessary, to
the President for resolution.
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