Stratcom Vice Broaches Idea of Civilian ‘FAA in Space’

The vice commander of U.S. Strategic Command is suggesting there needs to be a national discussion about removing the mission of an “FAA for space”—directing traffic and handling collision avoidance of the growing number of satellites orbiting Earth—from the military. “It was a natural military...

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