RETIRED GENERAL: PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP KEY TO FUTURE OF SPACE

/ October 17, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Noting that ensuring the homeland security cannot be performed without satellite assets, a retired general this week said presidential leadership will be the key in the United States continuing its preeminence in space in the coming years. Retired Maj. Gen. James Armor -- former director of the National Security Space Office -- listed his recommendations for the nation's future president during an Oct. 16 national security panel -- dubbed "A Day Without Space" -- in Washington. A career space officer,...

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