US Hosts International Space Meeting

The U.S. has hosted what it says is the first ever ministerial-level meeting to build support for cooperation in space.Officials from more than 30 nations, including China, Russia, India and from the European Union, gathered in Washington Thursday for discussions on the future of space exploration, developments in robotic space exploration and extending humanity's reach beyond low-Earth orbit. U.S. Deputy Secretary of the State William Burns reconfirmed the U.S. commitment for space...

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