Enhancing Assessments of Space Mission Assurance
Brien Alkire; Yool Kim; Matthew Berry; David Blancett; James Dimarogonas; Niraj Inamdar; Sherrill Lingel; Nicholas Martin; George Nacouzi; Joel B Predd; William A Williams
RAND
2021
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To address concerns that warfare could extend to space, the national security space community has taken steps to enhance space mission assurance (SMA), leading to an increasing demand for assessments of SMA. The authors describe decisionmaker needs for assessments of SMA, challenges for conducting assessments, the shortfalls that may result from the challenges, and options for addressing the shortfalls.