Marine Corps General Cartwright, interviewed by Inside Pentagon, 18 October, was asked about allegations that China had tested the means of destroying American satellites, said " … we really haven ’ t seen that ” . He likened the US role as that of enforcing the rule of the road in space. He pointed out that 16 or more countries can operate 10 or more satellites and that seven of these countries, China, Russia, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Brazil and Japan, are not members of NATO. He said that, "unfortunately, we anticipate some will challenge the free use of space." Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's foreign affairs committee, is reported by RBC News as saying that the new policy " … may instigate Russian and joint Russian-US space exploration projects". Russia and America had been cooperating in space for years and it was not in the interest of the USA to sever those relations ”’’ . The difference between this policy and that of the President Clinton is highlighted in "DefenseTech.org" by the headline "Bush: Space is for Soldiers". It is pointed out that in the previous space policy the emphasis was on international security and cooperation, the new policy includes the following: "Proposed arms control agreements or restrictions must not impair the rights of the United States to conduce research, development, testing and operations or other activities in space for U.S. national interests"  .
Marine Corps General Cartwright, interviewed by Inside Pentagon, 18 October, was asked about allegations that China had tested the means of destroying American satellites, said " ... we really haven ' t seen that " . He likened the US role as that of enforcing the rule of the road in space. He pointed out that 16 or more countries can operate 10 or more satellites and that seven of these countries, China, Russia, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Brazil and Japan, are not members of NATO. He said that, "unfortunately, we anticipate some will challenge the free use of space." Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's foreign affairs committee, is reported by RBC News as saying that the new policy " ... may instigate Russian and joint Russian-US space exploration projects". Russia and America had been cooperating in space for years and it was not in the interest of the USA to sever those relations " . The difference between this policy and that of the President Clinton is highlighted in "DefenseTech.org" by the headline "Bush: Space is for Soldiers". It is pointed out that in the previous space policy the emphasis was on international security and cooperation, the new policy includes the following: "Proposed arms control agreements or restrictions must not impair the rights of the United States to conduce research, development, testing and operations or other activities in space for U.S. national interests" '' .
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