you know not so long ago in the us, the commentator on space science neil degrasse tyson, and he said to me, you ve got to understand that the idea that we went to the moon because ofjust the unquenchable curiosity of the human being is a great notion, but we actually went to the moon because there was a massive driver of national security, of military interest, of cold war geopolitics that s why the investment was made . and if one looks to the future and where that kind of investment might be in space science, surely, it s going to be in the militarisation of the low orbit space, where russia and china are already developing technologies for satellites that can knock out other satellites, where they are trying to establish, it seems, the notion of satellite supremacy? isn t that where you and other americans are probably going to have to focus your interest from a national security point of view?
to establish, it seems, the notion of satellite supremacy? isn t that where you and other americans are probably going to have to focus your interest from a national security point of view? indeed, the us has national security needs. space is an integral part of that. we use space as from a vantage point of looking down. that s always the high ground as we know it. and therefore, we re going to have to deal with these issues well into the future. did you when donald trump developed this notion of a space force which i noticejoe biden hasn t abandoned, the space force project continues were you supportive of it or, as a scientist, did you feel it was somehow a perversion of what space science should be about? well, my personal opinion is that nasa s not the only
satellites, where they are trying to establish, it seems, the notion of satellite supremacy? isn t that where you and other americans are probably going to have to focus your interest from a national security point of view? indeed, you know, the us has national security needs. space is an integral part of that. we use space as from a vantage point of looking down that s always the high ground as we know it. and therefore, we re going to have to deal with these issues well into the future. did you when donald trump developed this notion of a space force which i noticejoe biden hasn t abandoned, the space force project continues were you supportive of it or, as a scientist, did you feel it was somehow a perversion of what space science should be about? well, my personal opinion is that nasa s not the only
are trying to establish, it seems, the notion of satellite supremacy? isn t that where you and other americans are probably going to have to focus your interest from a national security point of view? indeed, the us has national security needs. space is an integral part of that. we use space as. from a vantage point of looking down. that s always the high ground as we know it. and therefore we re going to have to deal with these issues well into the future. when donald trump developed this notion of a space force, which i notice joe biden hasn t abandoned, the space force project continues. were you supportive of it,