(11. Januar 2001) „If the US is to avoid a ‚space Pearl Harbor,‘ it needs to take seriously the possibility of an attack on US space systems,“ said the commission, referring to the 1941 Japanese attack on US naval forces in Hawaii‘s Pearl Harbor.

„The US is more dependent on space than any other nation. Yet the threat to the US and its allies in and from space does not command the attention it merits,“ said the commission, made up of Republican and Democratic lawmakers and experts from the military and the private sector.