By COLIN CLARK
: We knew space was congested, contested and all that. But the folks at CSIS have recast that to good effect in a report actually worth reading in detail. The Second Space Age (yes, they’ve come up with a catchy rubric!) is, they say, more diverse, disruptive, disordered, and dangerous than the first space age.”
How fundamentally have things shifted since the Soviets first made it to orbit and America first made it to the Moon — and the NRO launched Keyholes and lots of neat missile warning satellites and…?
“From 1991 through 2016, 43 percent of new satellites and 39 percent of launches have been from nations other than the United States and Russia. Moreover, since 2014, a majority of satellites and a majority of launches have been from nations other than the United States and Russia—primarily China, Japan, Europe, and India.” Translation: we’re not the hot space leader we once were. Neither are the Russians
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/10/csis-on-the-second-space-age-diverse-disruptive-disordered-and-dangerous/
