"The United States will preserve its rights, capabilities, and freedom of action in space... and deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to US national interests," it [US National Security] says.
Src:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6063926.stm
So the US has exclusive rights to space then..? I heard something about China firing a laser into space capable of disabling (but not damaging) satellites. I'm assuming this wouldn't fall into this policy as such lasers are ground based.
Src:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6063926.stm
So the US has exclusive rights to space then..? I heard something about China firing a laser into space capable of disabling (but not damaging) satellites. I'm assuming this wouldn't fall into this policy as such lasers are ground based.

