Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

How best to deal with the growing prowess of China’s space program could start with a simple phone call – on a new hotline.

The United States needs to act now to address threats to space assets; champion space traffic management to support the growing space economy; and incorporate commercial perspectives into civilian and national security space policy.

That’s the output from a task force report sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, highlighted during the Space Foundation’s 40th Space Symposium held here April 7-10 by the Space Foundation at The Broadmoor.

For details, go to my new Space.com story – “US and China need a space hotline for orbital emergencies, experts say” – at:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/us-and-china-need-a-space-hotline-for-orbital-emergencies-experts-say