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NSS Pitches Space Guard to Regulate New Commercial Space Activities

The U.S. needs a civil space guard to license and regulate civil and commercial space activities other than what's done by the FCC, Commerce Department and FAA, the National Space Society (NSS) said Monday. A space guard also would monitor…

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and guide U.S. civil and commercial space activities' compliance with international treaties, enforce civil and commercial space regulations and collaboratively work with other space players globally, NSS said. In the future, the space guard could license and regulate civil and commercial orbital debris removal technologies and missions, it said.