I remember 25 years ago when I was chairman of space Aeronautics, we were talking about not militarizing space. Remember those days that we're going to stop that, any country from doing that? China led the way, and obviously Russia has followed, and now we're obviously going to react to that. And so that horse has left the barn, obviously. According to news reports, Russia is moving forward to put apparently a one megaton bomb into low Earth orbit. (07:47–07:56)
CLAIM
Asserts that China initiated the militarization of space, followed by Russia, prompting a reaction from other countries.
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