US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to announce a new space arms control initiative by the Obama administration which some critics are claiming could lead to restrictions on US military space activities and potentially reduce the tactical advantages those systems provide. The announcement of the initiative, much of which is to be based on the Code of Conduct [...]
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US State Department Rejects Proposed Space Code of Conduct
On January 12th it was revealed at a Washington DC press conference that the US State Department would not endorse a Space Code of Conduct for spacefaring nations proposed by the Council of the European Union in 2008, finding it “too restrictive.” The 12-page document, lastrevised in 2010, calls for nations to “have access to, explore, and to use outer [...]
