indicate that an SPS facility was being modified for military use. (This presupposes that the SPS is in place and on line; operations during DDT&E would involve close inspection of the design and construction of each SPS element and facility to insure its nonmilitary function or potential.) Resident Inspection Teams must be rotated on short and irregular intervals to prevent the possibility of team individuals forging friendships, associations, or arrangements with SPS personnel that might result in conflict of interest and abrogation of the function of the RIO. The question, "Quis custodiet ispos custodes?" arises with respect to an organization such as RIO. Therefore, Spot Check Teams must also be provided to check up on both the SPS system personnel and facilities as well as on the individual Resident Inspection Teams. These Spot Check Teams would make unannounced visits to facilities. No one, not even the Resident Inspection Team, would know what to expect, when to expect it, or what the Spot Check Team would be looking for or at. In order to maintain RIO independence, the organization must possess its own space transportation system for its personnel. Otherwise, it could be subject to the whims of those who control the space transportation system supporting the SPS. A RIO space transportation system would also be essential to the operation of the Spot Check Teams. RIO might have some launch sites of its own; by and large, however, it would utilize existing launch facilities. A logistical support function would be essential for maintenance of the RIO space transportation system as well as for secure provision of life support consumables. In a critical situation, reliance on the SPS organization’s life support facilities by the Resident Inspection Teams could place them in a difficult if not untenable situation. Finally, the support functions of the RIO would have to include a separate and secure communications system through which the Resident Inspection Teams and Spot Check Teams could communicate with their headquarters. This communications system would have to be secure and to include fail-safe elements. (For example, coded reports would be made at irregular but scheduled times by each Resident Inspection Team. Failure of a team to report in as scheduled and in the code or with the passwords required would be cause for immediate suspicion, communication of that fapt to the SPS management, a report to world leaders, and a prompt inspection visit by a large Spot Check Team, possibly armed.)
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