Steve Kwast
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But it's no different than any other human activity moving into a new domain.
Right. And if we were all angels and nobody was weaponizing space, that would be true. But just because we have a 1967 Outer Space Treaty that states those very words, we have... great powers that are doing things in space that are going to threaten America and other countries as well. So we have to be open-eyed.
Right. And if we were all angels and nobody was weaponizing space, that would be true. But just because we have a 1967 Outer Space Treaty that states those very words, we have... great powers that are doing things in space that are going to threaten America and other countries as well. So we have to be open-eyed.
Right. And if we were all angels and nobody was weaponizing space, that would be true. But just because we have a 1967 Outer Space Treaty that states those very words, we have... great powers that are doing things in space that are going to threaten America and other countries as well. So we have to be open-eyed.
It would be like discovering an ocean and saying, we're not going to have any fighting on the ocean. And then we don't build a Navy and everybody else does. And we're the only victims of it.
It would be like discovering an ocean and saying, we're not going to have any fighting on the ocean. And then we don't build a Navy and everybody else does. And we're the only victims of it.
It would be like discovering an ocean and saying, we're not going to have any fighting on the ocean. And then we don't build a Navy and everybody else does. And we're the only victims of it.
It's a good question, though, because we want peace, and we want a future that trends with less violence. But the way to do that is not to ignore a new domain and new technologies. The way to do that is to usher in peace through strength that is consistent with human nature and history and culture.
It's a good question, though, because we want peace, and we want a future that trends with less violence. But the way to do that is not to ignore a new domain and new technologies. The way to do that is to usher in peace through strength that is consistent with human nature and history and culture.
It's a good question, though, because we want peace, and we want a future that trends with less violence. But the way to do that is not to ignore a new domain and new technologies. The way to do that is to usher in peace through strength that is consistent with human nature and history and culture.
Right. Well, like all new technologies, it is those countries that have the resources and the will to develop capabilities. Every country that is paying attention to these trends of technology and change are investing in space. If they don't have the money or the will, they aren't, but those are very few and far between.
Right. Well, like all new technologies, it is those countries that have the resources and the will to develop capabilities. Every country that is paying attention to these trends of technology and change are investing in space. If they don't have the money or the will, they aren't, but those are very few and far between.
Right. Well, like all new technologies, it is those countries that have the resources and the will to develop capabilities. Every country that is paying attention to these trends of technology and change are investing in space. If they don't have the money or the will, they aren't, but those are very few and far between.
But as I talk to leaders in countries around the world, they understand the power of space. It would be like a country not having an air force, and everybody else does, or not having a navy, or not having an army. It doesn't mean these things are built to perpetuate wars. We want them to be there to prevent wars.
But as I talk to leaders in countries around the world, they understand the power of space. It would be like a country not having an air force, and everybody else does, or not having a navy, or not having an army. It doesn't mean these things are built to perpetuate wars. We want them to be there to prevent wars.
But as I talk to leaders in countries around the world, they understand the power of space. It would be like a country not having an air force, and everybody else does, or not having a navy, or not having an army. It doesn't mean these things are built to perpetuate wars. We want them to be there to prevent wars.
And so, you know, you have India, China, Russia, America, Japan, you know, you just go down the list of nations that are investing in space. And it's not a bad thing. This is about evolving because of what space will be able to do to uplift the human condition.
And so, you know, you have India, China, Russia, America, Japan, you know, you just go down the list of nations that are investing in space. And it's not a bad thing. This is about evolving because of what space will be able to do to uplift the human condition.
And so, you know, you have India, China, Russia, America, Japan, you know, you just go down the list of nations that are investing in space. And it's not a bad thing. This is about evolving because of what space will be able to do to uplift the human condition.
But if we don't pay attention to it and design it with the wisdom of what we have learned about how humans evolved into a new domain, we will repeat the sins of the past. This is about understanding ourselves, understanding human nature, understanding technology and culture, and then ushering in a geopolitical evolution of nations that all benefit from what space will do for our economies.