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The furtherance of international space cooperation is predicted to be at the center of the third meeting of the National Space Council under the Biden-Harris Administration. Constructing on multilateral agreements, just like the Artemis Accords, Harris will give attention to what’s deemed the U.S. Novel Space Activities Authorization and Supervision Framework.
The proposal would permit each the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) authority over novel space activities to, within the White House’s words, “facilitate innovation and further U.S. leadership in the protection, security and long-term sustainability of outer space activities.
A livestream of the NSC meeting will begin at roughly 2 p.m. EST (1900 UTC).
Among the many highlights of the framework are a provision that updates the country’s orbital debris mitigation standard practices in addition to the formation of the Private Sector Space Activities Interagency Steering Group, which the White House said will “formulate long term policy and best practices to tell the work of regulatory agencies.”
There can even be discussions of each defense initiatives in the course of the meeting, including bilateral agreements between the U.S. and each Japan and Norway respectively. They can even talk in regards to the Space Force’s Regional Space Advisor program, one which is concentrated on encouraging shared values in space.
On the launch and landing front, Vice President Harris can even discuss policies like directing the DOT to “pursue recent efforts to scale back international duplication and dual licensing of launches and reentries” and in addition to “begin a multilateral discussion on safety standards for launch, reentry and operation of launch and reentry sites.”
This story will likely be updated as more information from the meeting is released.