There have been many efforts and an international treaty to avoid the militarization of space. It’s widely believed that there are some minor satellite-based weapons platform efforts, but for the most part everyone who has taken force into space, so far, if they have, has done so on a small and unobtrusive scale.

We should avoid militarizing space as much and as long as possible. It’s deeply troubling to see the foolish and criminal US president beating the drum to rush such an unnecessary and destructive future into existence.

Many people have worked very hard to have the current agreement in place. To destroy all that work for nationalistic and political points is ridiculously short-sighted.