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[b]State's Morin Encourages Greater U.S.-India Space Cooperation[/b] Increased U.S.-Indian cooperation in space technologies could lead to tremendous advances in economic development, according to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Lee Morin. Addressing a conference on Space Cooperation in Bangalore, June 22, Morin said, "In remote sensing, space communications, space launch, and other areas, the United States and India are both among a small, elite group of nations with state-of-the-art capabilities." He noted, however, "the extent of space cooperation currently taking place between India and the United States is quite modest compared to the enormous potential." Morin observed, "Both the United States and India are involved in a range of activities that involve combining information derived from space-based sensors with other information technologies to support economic development objectives." He said that further cooperation in space-based technologies could advance numerous practical objectives. "Drought condition assessment, watershed preservation, agricultural output prediction, and natural disaster mitigation are just a few of the dozens of applications for space-based earth observations systems that are of great importance to both countries," he said. Morin also noted that U.S.-Indian cooperation could potentially benefit programs in satellite navigation as well as both manned and unmanned space exploration.
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