DAILY STAR
Space is running out of space – and it could end in war, boffins say.
With up to 100 lunar missions due to be launched within the next decade – many pumping satellites into orbit – the gap between the Earth and Moon is set to become overcrowded.
Far from being empty blackness, space is about to become busier than ever.
And the battle for limited good spots could trigger conflict on Earth, experts fear. On top of well-known companies such as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin or Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic launching missions a host of other nations and private firms are also plotting trips to the Moon.
Experts predict the area between Earth and the surface of the Moon – known as cislunar space – will become increasingly strategically important…and rammed.
That could lead to greater competition over resources and satellite positioning as well as geopolitical conflicts.
