The U.S. plan for a Space Force risks escalating a 'space arms race'

The U.S. plan for a Space Force risks escalating a 'space arms race'

6 years ago
Anonymous $oIHRkISgaL

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-space-escalating-arms.html

Earlier this year, Trump said: "Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air and sea."

These are deeply concerning sentiments coming from (arguably) the most powerful men on Earth. They risk irrevocably skewing the conversation about space away from what it is, to something it should not be, thus distorting the reality of what space largely represents.