Space 2035: Technology, Transparency, and Trusted Immunity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288330447)

Space capabilities are vital to United States national power, commerce, science, and prestige. These capabilities will grow even more vital to the United States' and the global economy by 2035. What will the space technology and operating environment look like in 2035? Technology trends in two fundamental areas -- spacecraft and space transportation -- indicate space technologies, capabilities, products, and services will become far more affordable, ubiquitous, globally available, and interconnected. By 2035, the Space Cloud will emerge. Analogous to the network model of cloud computing, the primary nodes of the Space Cloud will be globally accessible, space-based, have access to virtually limitless solar power resources, possess a global high altitude field of regard, and will be both distributed and collaborative.

Author: Darren J. Buck
ISBN-10: 1288330448
ISBN-13: 9781288330447
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2012
Pages: 42
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.09d