Space Norms and U.S. National Security: Leading on Space Debris
By Philip Potter, George W. Foresman, and Michael C. Horowitz | Aug. 3, 2021
It has been a busy few months for human activity in space. There is a new rover on Mars sending back jaw-dropping pictures and data. In May, a piece of debris from a Chinese rocket weighing 21 metric tons hurtled uncontrolled into the Indian Ocean. And Richard Branson just took matters into his own hands, flying to the edge of space on a Virgin Galactic spaceplane with Jeff Bezos hot on his heels.