US General Says Space Needs Traffic Rule
May 17, 2010 at 2:16 pm | Posted in Space Law | Leave a commentby P.J. Blount with the blog faculty
From Red Orbit News:
US General Says Space Needs Traffic Rules
Posted on: Friday, 14 May 2010, 05:35 CDT
On Thursday, a top U.S. general called for international rules to control chaotic space traffic, saying that satellites are increasingly being put at risk of collision.
General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it was no longer feasible for the U.S. and other countries to keep up with the orbiting satellites if kept a secret.
“We’re going to have get to some level of regulation. Nobody wants to do that,” Cartwright told a conference sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US think tank. . . . [Full Story]
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