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**Politics**Plan Unpopular- Data SharingThe plan is perceived as a data sharing mechanism- empirically proven this has political ramificationsWeeden 10- Brian Weeden, Technical Advisor for Secure World Foundation, Secure World Foundation Published 1 August 2010, The Norad Experience: Implications for International Space Surveillance Data-Sharing Executive http://swfound.org/media/1817/norad-exec-summ-bw-2010.pdf A similar situation exists with SSA. Ground-based sensors, particularly phased-array and imaging radars, provide an essential source of SSA data. To provide the necessary spatial coverage, these facilities need to be geographically distributed around the Earth, largely located outside the territorial control of any one country. Although it is theoretically possible for the United States to unilaterally build the network of SSA data sources it requires, it is unlikely to have the fiscal capability to do so in the near future. Leveraging existing data sources and sensors at key locations around the globe, in multiple countries, is a cost-effective way to solve this problem, albeit one that trades economic challenges for political challenges. 3. Planning will far outrun the political will and motivation for actual implementation. Significant political action is only likely to follow precipitating incidents. In the case of NORAD, the Air Interceptor and Warning Plan produced in 1946 contained the basic elements that would become the NORAD warning network, and outlined the essential need to "defend the continent at the perimeter.” However, economic and political constraints largely shelved the plan until the long range nuclear bomber threat finally created the political will for NORAD in 1957 after ten years of procrastination, denial and painful adoption of quickly-superseded half-measures. It was only Soviet testing of an aircraftdeliverable, thermonuclear weapon in advance of prediction that finally drove home the desperate need for NORAD. The January 2007 Chinese anti-satellite test and the February 2009 first-ever collision between two satellites were both watershed moments that have significantly raised the political awareness of the need for SSA and some level of data sharing. Plan Unpopular- EASEEASE acquisition strategy is unpopular in Congress – use of advance appropriations and lack of detail and vision DTIC 11 – Defense Technical Information Center, “TITLE III PROCUREMENT,” http://www.dtic.mil/congressional_budget/pdfs/FY2012_pdfs/HAC_FY2012_PROCUREMENT.pdf Over the past five years, the Congress has urged the Department to consider block buys of satellites that were evolved from previous designs. This year the request includes a new proposal for space acquisition called the Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Efficiency (EASE). The Committee is disappointed that the Executive branch developed this concept without input from the Legislative branch. This is especially alarming since the entire space acquisition budget assumes the approval of this latest funding scheme. As a proposed course of action, the theory of EASE has merit, but the implementation details are woefully lacking. There are three main issues that disturb the Committee: the use of advance appropriations, the lack of detail with regards to the Capabilities/Affordability Insertion Program (CAIP), and the lack of vision for what lies beyond the current block buy of Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites and the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellites. The Committee does not approve the acquisition plan using the advance appropriations concept. The Committee understands the funding dilemma but is disappointed that the Department will not dedicate resources to fully fund its space programs, and instead is willing to rely on a budgeting gimmick. Further, there is no clear definition for the funds associated with the CAIP. The Committee is concerned that the concept for evolution of capabilities will be hijacked by the technology enthusiasts within the Department. Therefore, none of the funds appropriated to the CAIP are to be obligated until the Secretary of Defense delivers a technology insertion development plan for the technologies to be pursued for evo-lution onto future increments of the AEHF protected military satellite communications system and the SBIRS missile warning system. The House of Appropriations Committee is powerful – controls spending Holly on the Hill 10 – November 12 2010, “Chaffetz headed to Appropriations Committee?,” http://hollyonthehill.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/chaffetz-headed-to-appropriations-committee/ The Appropriations committee is widely recognized by political scientists as one of the “power committees,” since it holds the power of the purse. It is one of the exclusive committees of the House, meaning its members typically sit on no other committee. Much of the power of the committee comes from the inherent utility of controlling spending. Its subcommittee chairmen are often called “Cardinals” because of the power they wield over the budget. Congress hates EASE – assumes availability of advance appropriations and DOD didn’t consult congress on it Smith 11 – Marcia Smith – writer for Space Policy Online, June 13 2011, “House Approps Markup Will Bring Mostly Bad News for DOD Space Programs, Blast EASE,” http://spacepolicyonline.com/pages/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1631:house-approps-markup-will-bring-mostly-bad-news-for-dod-space-programs-blast-ease&catid=75:news&Itemid=68 In a lengthy section beginning on p. 185, the subcommittee sharply criticized DOD's proposed Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Efficiency (EASE) acquisition approach to satellite systems. EASE assumes the availability of advance appropriations instead of the year-by-year appropriations that are typically provided. The subcommittee said it was "disappointed" that DOD developed EASE without input from Congress and found it "alarming" that DOD based its entire budget request for space programs on Congress accepting EASE. 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