The race to militarise space is a very real thing. Gone are the Star Wars jokes that dogged Donald Trump when he proposed a US Space Force last year. Since then — China and Russia started throwing more money at nano-satellites, laser guns, jamming devices and cyber-attack software. And French President Emmanuel Macron is the latest to jump onboard. But is this going to put all our lives at risk?
Guests:
Subrata Ghoshroy
Researcher at MIT’s Science, Technology and Society Programme
Laura Seward Forczyk
Founder of Astralytical
Dean Cheng
Senior Researcher at the Heritage Foundation