NASA suspends relations with Russia space agency

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9. And who decided that ?

In the United States, space policy is made by the President of the United States and the United States Congress through the legislative process. In the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the bodies responsible for making space policy include the National Security Council, due to the military and political implications of space policy; the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and the Office of Management and Budget, due to its role in preparing the federal budget. In addition, a separate National Space Council existed at various point in the past.[1]

In the United States Congress, civilian space policy is mainly made by the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics and the Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space, while military and intelligence related activities fall under the purview of the House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces as well as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. In addition, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee conducts hearings on proposed space treaties, and the various appropriations committees have power over the budgets for space-related agencies. Space policy efforts are supported by Congressional agencies such as the Congressional Research Service and, until it was disbanded in 1995, the Office of Technology Assessment, as well as the budget-related Congressional Budget Office and Government Accountability Office.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_United_States