principle or with respect to frequency allocation or perhaps even exposure standards. All in all, a cooperative program on the international level would likely speed up rather than retard the development of the SPS. Should an international cooperative effort for the development of the SPS prove completely unsuccessful -- which appears somewhat unlikely -- the United States could still continue its own development program and puts its conscience to rest in the firm knowledge that current practices and recognized principles of international law are fully supporting the principle of freedom of use of outer space and that the United States has made a good faith effort to attempt to implement in a concrete manner the "common interests" principle of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and open the door for wide international participation in the SPS program on the basis of equity and fairness.
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