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Article about the Artemis Accords being about cooperation written by a lawyer, Space Force revising commercial space strategy document to be more specific, FAA wants to limit upper stages orbital lifetime
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https://spacenews.com/the-artemis-accords-changing-the-narrative-from-space-race-to-space-cooperation/
> The Artemis Accords: Changing the Narrative from Space Race to Space Cooperation
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https://spacenews.com/space-force-revising-commercial-space-strategy-to-make-it-actionable/
> Space Force revising commercial space strategy to make it “actionable”
> WAILEA, Hawaii — The commanding general of the U.S. Space Force says the service is revising a commercial space strategy to offer more specific guidance on what commercial capabilities are needed, particularly in space domain awareness.
> “As I was reading through it, I said, ‘This is not enough,’” he said. “It can’t just be a strategy with aspirational platitudes about how we’re going to work together.”
> He said the Space Force is now working to revise the document to better define what capabilities can be acquired from the private sector and those that are “inherently governmental.” An example of the latter, he said, was nuclear command and control.
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https://spacenews.com/faa-proposes-rule-to-limit-lifetime-of-upper-stages-in-orbit/
> FAA proposes rule to limit lifetime of upper stages in orbit
> WAILEA, Hawaii — The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed new regulations that would require commercial launch providers to dispose of upper stages from their launches to mitigate the growth of orbital debris.
> The rule would require companies with FAA commercial launch licenses to choose from one of five approaches for removing upper stages from congested orbits on future launches, ranging from placing them into graveyard orbits to contracting with a third party to handle the disposal.