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Friday, September 9, 2011

NASA After 9/11: Grappling with US Space Security

NASA After 9/11: Grappling with US Space Security | 9/11 Terrorist Attacks | September 11 Anniversary | Space.com: "The terrorist attacks that shook the United States 10 years ago had effects that reached all the way into space.

Not only did the events of Sept. 11, 2001, prompt NASA to immediately beef up its already strict security procedures, they forced military space officials to reassess their priorities regarding space security and triggered a shift in space policy.

"There were certainly efforts made to link responding to terrorist threats to support for and expanding missile defense," said Joan Johnson-Freese, a space policy analyst at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I."

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