Ok, i guess i should start with the "sky is falling news". Every news outlet on the planet has been talking about the fact that the white house has announced a new Space Policy. Well after reading 3 articles about it I still had not found any substance at all about the Policy itself. So i went to digging. I found the actual policy on the website for the Office of Scenece and Technology Policy (Executive Office of the President). The new policy can be found here (pdf). It superseeds the older policy that was set up under the Clinton Administration in 1996( which can be found here (html).
I suggest reading both and making your own decision.
I just want to know what authority these policies hold. Its obvious that the White House is making a clear paper trail so when they do reveal what their plans are for some military ops in space they have something to point to. I'm just wondering what weight this new policy has over the Treaties and Domestic laws that are already in place. Maybe that's a little more reading that should be done.
The one piece of this policy that makes their agenda all too clear...
"The United States will oppose the development of new legal regimes or other restrictions that seek to prohibit or limit U.S. access to or use of space. Proposed arms control agreements or restrictions must not impair the rights of the United States to conduct research, development, testing, and operations or other activities in space for U.S. national interests;"
this is a Science and Technology Document right? Sure sounds like something that would come out of the DOD, or Dept of Homeland Security.
i'm feeling sick to my stomach.
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