should such principles and rules be developed so that an acceptable balance can be found for all concerned without impeding advancement. Another closely related issue will be in what ways should the law take into account scientific implications so as to allow for necessary adjustments whenever the technical and scientific criteria change, a situation that can be anticipated to occur with breakthroughs or advances. While the question of the use of geostationary orbit by satellites and their positioning may come up again at the 1979 WARC as it did in 1977, it may be prudent for the United States to follow the policy of leaving matters of a political and legal nature for consideration of UNCOPUOS and its Legal Subcommittee. Nonetheless, a discussion of the formulation of principles governing the use of the geostationary orbit in the Legal Subcommittee should be preceded or accompanied by a thoroughgoing study and analysis of the relevant technical and scientific problems by the parent Scientific Subcommittee and appropriate ITU bodies. 4.3 SPS Development The last and perhaps most important key issue to be discussed relates to the option whether or not the United States should internationalize the SPS. With respect to this issue, it would appear that the preparation for consideration by the Legal Subcommittee of guiding principles and procedures governing allocation of the use of geostationary orbit should in no way prevent the United States from simultaneously pursuing other options, particularly the
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