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Space policy of the United States
{{United States space program sidebar}}The '''space policy of the United States''' includes both the making of [[space policy]] through the legislative process, and the implementation of that policy in the civilian and military '''US space programs''' through regulatory agencies.  The early history of United States space policy is linked to the US–Soviet [[Space Race]] of the 1960s, which gave way to the [[Space Shuttle program]].  There is a curre(contracted; show full)ded only limited, short-range goals.<ref name="presidency"/>  With regard to military space policy, the Carter space policy stated, without much specification in the unclassified version, that "The United States will pursue Activities in space in support of its right of self-defense."<ref>[https://fas.org/spp/military/docops/national/nsc-37.htm Presidential Directive/NSC-37, "National Space Policy," May 11, 1978.]</ref>

=== Reagan administration ===

[[File:
C13571-8aPresident Ronald Reagan addresses the Nation from the oval office on National Security (SDI Speech).jpg|thumb|right|President Reagan delivering the March 23, 1983 speech initiating the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]].]]

The first flight of the Space Shuttle occurred in April 1981, early in [[Reagan administration|President Ronald Reagan]]'s first term.  Reagan in 1982 announced a renewed active space effort, which included initiatives such as privatization of the [[Landsat program]], a new commercialization policy for NASA, the construction of [[Space Station Freedom]], and the military [[Strategi(contracted; show full)[[Category:Space policy of the United States| ]]
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