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OPTION: COMMIT TO A PERMANENTLY MANNED SPACE STATION

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
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
Case Number: 
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2007/11/16: CIA-RDP85M00363R000400960018-8 Approved For Release 2007/11/16: CIA-RDP85M00363R000400960018-8 Approved For Release 2007/11/16: CIA-RDP85M00363R000400960018-8 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. tI If'I 11CCTCTCl1 Approved For Release 2007/11/16: CIA-RDP85M00363R000400960018-8

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