POINT PAPER ON COMMERICAL ISSUE IN NATIONAL SPACE POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B00181R001801700032-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 32
• Content Type: MISC

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/07/17: CIA-RDP92B00181 R001801700032-9
LEVITIAt
POINT PAPER
? ON
COMPIERCIAL ISSUE IN NATIONAL SPACE POLICY
PURPOSE: (C) Limit poly=:direction Which, if approved, would require the
Intelligence Space ProgrWtft- rchas commercial space goods and services to
the fullest extent feasible Q,;,,
BACKGROUND:
(U) National Space policy
(U) Many issues resolved
(U) Primary issue remains:
of manned space programs
revised under auspices of SIG (Space)
rking groups
the NASA desire for strong policy support
-- (U) Indirectly affects;.hlligence Community through budget
competition
-- (U) OMB and DOD oppo , position
-- (U) Intelligence .need not be out to. front on issue, but
could support OMB and ~_. -sition to limit open-ended budget item of
manned space explorati
(C) A secondary issue, ::greater concern to the Intelligence
Community, is the extent ich Governmental. (Including
Intelligence) Space Sectomj e required to purchase commercial space goods
and services.
DISCUSSION:
(U) DOC supports language ... to the fullest extent feasible" in Atch I
without qualification.
(U) Issue revolves a ..`'P .definition of "feasible".
--- (U) Webster's ion: "capable of being done".
-- (C) At face value,. pc 15{,Auld require Intelligence (and military)
to purchase commecial and services, wer "capable of being
done". Examples:.
--- (U) Launch
(U) Communications
--- (U) Remote Sensing
suggest adding
sewed by nm and NASA
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- (U) Intelligence
qualifier "... consistent- anal security and mission requirements".
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(U) DOC objects, clpisf :that the Qualification of "feasible" can be
left to the "Guidel ines`= ion of National Space Policy, rather than
in this "Policy" section
--- (U) DOC does not ?.,._ _ t to our wording; only to the location of
the.words.
(U) Our position is the alification is absolutely necessary up
front, lest the policy stunt be misinterpreted to be absolute.
RECOMMENDATION: (U) Insist 3e qualifier underlined in the attachment,
consistent with national set andzission requirements" be included in
the Policy section of the doc
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