MCCAFFREY: NATION NEEDS TO INITIATE INTERNATIONAL SPACE AGREEMENTS

/ November 14, 2008 at 5:00 AM
A retired Army general this week called for the United States to initiate new international agreements for space activities and for the nation to better resource its space capabilities program in light of incidents such as the Chinese anti-satellite test as well as the growing number of space-faring nations. "We still probably have the technological edge" in space resources that the United States has held for 50 years, retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey said at a Nov. 12 Center for...

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