About Crosslink magazine …

Crosslink (ISSN 1527-5264 [print], ISSN 1527-5272 [web]) is published by The Aerospace Corporation, an independent, nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing objective technical analyses and assessments for military, civil, and commercial space programs. Founded in 1960, the corporation operates a federally funded research and development center specializing in space systems architecture, engineering, planning, analysis, and research, predominantly for programs managed by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the National Reconnaissance Office. For more information about Aerospace, visit www.aero.org or write to Corporate Communications, P.O. Box 92957, M1-447, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957. For questions about Crosslink, send email to crosslink@aero.org or write to The Aerospace Press, P.O. Box 92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957.