NASA Grapples with U.S. Space Security in Post-9/11 Era

Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 13:30 in Mathematics & Economics

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 . [More]

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