Relevance : GS Paper II & III
India has signalled its determination to deter space threats by doing ASAT test.
Factors that India should take care of:
- A comprehensive military space policy and the necessary investments.
- India must now wrestle with the exponential growth of the space market.
- India must promote a massive expansion of the private sector’s role in space.
- Instead of trying to do everything, ISRO could focus on a few critical objectives.
- India must prepare for the inevitable evolution of the global space regime centred around the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
- India needs collaboration with allies and partners in outer space
Conclusion
India will need all the strategic pragmatism, legal acumen and diplomatic skill in shaping new rules for the regulation of outer space.
