Peters
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said his Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act is intended to clarify responsibilities among government agencies for space weather studies.

The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill April 27 that would assign roles and responsibilities to government agencies to forecast and prepare for space weather events.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...