Space-Technology Export Bans are Hurting, U.S., not Helping.

Feb 20, 2008

U.S. policy that bans export of space technology to potential rivals is failing to halt the spread of the technology, and is backfiring on American companies, an influential think-tank has written in a new report.

According to Reuters, a panel of experts writing for the Center for Strategic and International Studies pans the current policy on space technology, noting that the "grand strategic intent of the space export controls is not being achieved."

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