Keeping space debris in check has become a national mission for
the US. The White House yesterday announced plans to share more
information with other countries in a bid to prevent satellite
collisions. The US will also fund research into cleaning up the
space junk that's already there. Each new US president issues a
list of priorities and positions related to outer space. Many
elements, such as support for space exploration, tend to stay
constant from one administration to the next. However, Barack
Obama's National Space Policy includes new language on space
debris, calling for the US government's orbital tracking
information and collision predictions to be shared with industry
and other countries – a move that some have long sought. Pooling
information with other countries should help reduce the chances
of another satellite collision like one in February last year
that produced thousands of pieces of high-speed debris. The more
the better "The more data the better, as long as it's good
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