“The next president will have to choose. Decision time is rapidly approaching. In January 2007, China destroyed an aging Chinese weather satellite in an anti-satellite weapons test, roughly replicating a 1985 U.S. test. Do we want China to dominate space? Of course not, leading some to argue that the United States needs to lay claim to space — and soon. My view is that we shouldn’t want anybody to dominate space; we should do whatever we can to ensure that space remains free of weapons. Whoever becomes the next U.S. president should lead that effort by calling on the nations of the world to update the 41-year-old Outer Space Treaty.” (05/09/08)