RE: Deep Dives | Wikileaks Archive | The X-37B and the New Space Arms Race
First, it's impossible that space isn't weaponized, as any object that weighs more than a couple kilos is a weapon. All it has to do is fall out of orbit. Controlling that fall creates a weapon that can actually target.
Space is weaponized. Be sure of it.
Second, this is going to become a good thing, eventually. Presently space is only accessible to institutions, such as states, that can afford bleeding edge technology. Just as tech like fire, chipped rocks, and domesticated dogs eventually became ubiquitous amongst the general population and practically free, so will all tech, including the ability to reach and travel in space.
Just like we need personal defense weapons on Earth, we're going to need them wherever we go.
Today, malignant forces control space, and the weapons there. That won't last.
Thanks!
You raise some good points here @valued-customer, we could definitely consider small pieces of space debris traveling as weaponized. I don't actually think that it's possible to keep weapons out of space, to be honest. More important in my eyes is to remove the cover of secrecy surrounding their development and their testing in near Earth orbit that likely puts the entire planet in danger.
When we add the nuclear component to space weaponization it becomes a matter of concern for the entire planet. I see your point about evolving technology going through similar processes, but imho these things never posed a threat to every living thing on the planet.
I also wouldn't mind seeing the trillions being spent on black projects, spent in more productive ways.
Just some thoughts, thanks ;)
I couldn't agree more!