Senators Fret Shift Of Civil Space Tracking From DoD Lagging
"Right now we're on track to have a major collision in Low Earth Orbit roughly every 10 years. And that problem is only getting worse and worse," said AGI CEO Paul Graziani.
"Right now we're on track to have a major collision in Low Earth Orbit roughly every 10 years. And that problem is only getting worse and worse," said AGI CEO Paul Graziani.
Industry officials say there remain strong pockets of resistance to any new regulations, especially among aggressive space startups.
When China published its description of SJ-17, the folks at AGI who track satellites for a living raised their eyebrows. The Chinese said it was an experimental satellite. But "the way they phrased it piqued our interest," says Bob Hall, standing a dozen feet from AGI's infamous ice cream stand here.