The Scientific and Technical subcommittee of the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) held its 50th meeting this past February 11-22, 2013 in Vienna, Austria. Attending as observers were MPC director, Tim Spahr, and your humble author. During these meetings delegates from member states gave a summary of their country’s space activities during the past year as well as showing plans for the near future. It seems like the most popular theme was the establishment of GPS networks independent of the US’s NAVSTAR network, with China (Beidou), Russia (Glonass), Europe … Continue reading...
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