Henry Spencer wrote:

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In article . com,
MrPepper11 wrote:
They think that "the United States doesn't own space - nobody owns
space," said Teresa Hitchens, vice president of the Center for Defense
Information ... "Space is a global commons under
international treaty and international law."

So are the oceans, but few people protest the existence of the US Navy.

But some people do protest the existence of such a redundantly large and
useless navy.

Folks taking this line need to explain why they think space is different.

It's not necessary and - at best - will start an arms race in space?