Obama wants peace, cooperation in space

William Atkins
Tuesday, 29 June 2010 22:24

Science - Space

President Barack Obama has issued a new National Space Policy for the United States. Obama wants ''¦ space as a stable and productive environment for the peaceful use of all nations.'

 

On June 28, 2010, President Obama issued "The National Space Policy of the United States of America."

The press release of the Policy, from the Office of the Press Secretary, begins 'Today, President Obama announced the administration's new National Space Policy. The National Space Policy expresses the President's direction for the Nation's space activities. The policy articulates the President's commitment to reinvigorating U.S. leadership in space for the purposes of maintaining space as a stable and productive environment for the peaceful use of all nations.'

The Policy calls for expended international cooperation from peaceful countries of the world. It also states that U.S. astronauts will visit an asteroid by the year 2025.

According to the Space.com article White House Unveils New National Space Policy, President Obama states, "We are releasing a new national space policy, designed to strengthen America's leadership in space while fostering untold rewards here on Earth.'

And, 'For even as we continue our relentless focus on the serious challenges we face at home and abroad, our long-term success and leadership as a nation demands that we do not lose sight of the promise of the future."

Page two lists the critical elements involved in the new U.S. National Space Policy.