US and China need a space hotline for orbital emergencies, experts say

The U.S. and China continue to compete in space. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Finding a peaceful relationship with the growing prowess of China’s space program could start with a simple phone call on a new hotline. The United States needs to act now to address threats to space assets, find new approaches to space traffic management to support the growing space economy, and incorporate commercial perspectives into civilian and national security space policy. That’s the output from a task force report sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, highlighted during the Space Foundation’s 40th Space Symposium held April 7-10 in…