Tuesday, February 8, 2011

US, France agree to share space data

By Dan De Luce
(AFP)

2 hours ago
WASHINGTON — US and French defense leaders penned a cooperation agreement on Tuesday designed to help track space debris and avoid collisions of vital satellites.The accord reflects a new US space security policy that calls for forging an alliance of foreign partners to save costs and counter possible threats to satellites that underpin the American military's high-tech weaponry.With a growing number of countries operating in space, there was a mounting

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