The new military accord signed by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US presages joint stance on future space norms.
The formal planning meeting adjourned to a private venue after the clock ran out on interpretation services at the Palais de Nations and building management threatened to kill the lights on the diplomatic squabbling.
"Clearly an exchange of diplomatic notes is better than an exchange of Twitter fire (or worse). But diplomatic notes won’t fill in the gaps in space governance and traffic safety," Jessica West of Canada's Project Ploughshares said.