NASA Deputy Administrator Stresses Importance Of International Cooperation

June 22, 2010 at 9:11 am | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a comment

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty

Source: Space Travel

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver returned June 15 from a week-long, three-city trip to Europe that included addressing the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and signing a cooperative agreement to extend the mission of an Earth science satellite.

Garver’s visit also included discussions with key European space agency heads and senior-level officials in the German and French governments. The focus of her travel was to explain the administration’s new plans for space exploration and make clear that expanded international collaboration will be a cornerstone of NASA’s future activities…more