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Old: How Congress Should Interpret the New Space Policy Directive to Provide for National Security
Publication Date: January 2007
Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Baker Spring
Series: Backgrounder
Topic: Science and technology (Astronomy and space science and technology)
Keywords: National security; Bush
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
President Bush's new space policy directive establishes a solid foundation for a unified national position for protecting vital U.S. interests, but establishing a truly unified position on a national security policy for space depends on Congress's accepting a common understanding with the Bush Administration on the meaning and intent of the provisions found in the directive.