e240 Where US Space Power is Incubated
b'According to US Naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan, the United States achieved dominance and \\u201cvictory\\u201d over the \\u201chigh seas\\u201d on Earth by enabling and protecting global commercial shipping. Through a strong Navy, a civilian Merchant Marine, and control of strategic geography including coaling stations, island possessions, choke points, and great works such as the Panama Canal, the American shipping domain included all of the \\u201cblue waters\\u201d of the world\\u2019s oceans.'