Rice Wants President To Initiate Sweeping Space Policy Review

By Amy Butler / May 14, 2002 at 5:00 AM
President Bush's national security adviser plans to recommend that the White House initiate a review of U.S. space policies that have been in place since 1996, according to Pentagon sources and documents. Condoleezza Rice said the review is necessary because "space activities are indispensable to our national security and economic vitality," according to a May 8 memo she sent to top Cabinet officials. Among the key areas to be reviewed are U.S. policy on commercial remote sensing -- the ability...

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