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美国参议员马克-凯利，也是一名前宇航员，在他的航空和NASA飞行员生涯中看到过不明物体
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在拜登政府决定击落一个中国侦察气球和其他三个空中物体后，人们对美国领空的安全表示担忧。
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参议员乔恩-泰斯特（Jon Tester）负责领导对中国气球如何被允许通过美国关键的导弹基地进行调查，并计划确保国防部有资金用于评估不明飞行物的威胁。
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凯利参议员正在制定立法，要求气象气球携带应答器，以帮助区分它们与天空中的神秘物体。
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其他立法者提议对遭遇不明飞行物的情况进行审查，并调查军方如何跟踪美国领空的物体
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乔-拜登总统说，军方正在制定 “更明确的规则”，以追踪、监测并可能击落不明飞行物，理由是对民用飞机的风险很小。
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最近在美国领空击落未经授权的物体是和平时期首次发生的此类事件。
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中国使用气球进行监视是利用了空中交通管制系统的疏忽，该系统并不是为追踪低空的小型物体而设计的。
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参议员马尔科-鲁比奥正在推动将最近的遭遇纳入政府对 "不明空中现象 "的更广泛研究中。
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卢比奥和参议员黛安-范斯坦重新提出了建立太空国民警卫队的建议。
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这些法案面临着成为法律的不确定路径，因为一些参议员似乎准备从最近的事件中走出来。
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US Senator Mark Kelly, who is also a former astronaut, saw unidentified objects during his aviation and NASA piloting days
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Concerns have been raised about the security of American airspace following the Biden administration’s decision to shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon and three other aerial objects
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Senator Jon Tester has been tasked with leading an investigation into how the Chinese balloon was allowed to pass over crucial US missile sites and plans to ensure the Defense Department has funds for a protocol to assess the threat of unidentified flying objects
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Senator Kelly is working on legislation that would require weather balloons to carry transponders to help differentiate them from mysterious objects in the sky
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Other lawmakers have proposed examining encounters with unidentified aerial objects and investigating how the military is tracking objects in US airspace
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President Joe Biden has said the military is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor, and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, citing a remote risk to civilian planes
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The recent shootdowns of unauthorized objects in US airspace are the first known peacetime incidents of their kind
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The use of balloons by China for surveillance has exploited an oversight in air traffic control systems that aren’t designed to track smaller objects at lower altitudes
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Senator Marco Rubio is pushing for the recent encounters to be included in a wider government study of “unidentified aerial phenomena”
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Rubio and Senator Dianne Feinstein have renewed a proposal to create the Space National Guard
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The bills face uncertain paths to becoming law, as some senators appear ready to move on from the recent events.
链接：Congress floats ways to secure skies after Chinese balloon | AP News