Talk:US declares vital interest in space

Followups?
If I may suggest, I'd really like to see more of the reactions of other countries to this announcement by the US. It could be added to this article, but I'd guess there's more than enough out there to justify a new followup article on the subject. Rob T Firefly 13:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Firefly, I'll try to do that but I have had to waste time correcting negative editing - someone who took exception to 'adversary' and rewrote a chunk instad ot reading the quote and inserting quotes! Fentonrobb 11:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Please stop changing this story. The publish tag was put on it about 2 days ago.  Most of the changes made subsequent to that would have made a nice second story, and nobody other than RC patrollers will be picking the changes up now anyway. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

npov
Rob T Firefly is correct; the article is 100% USA comments and those of its supporters. Other views need to be included to qualify this article as npov. 64.229.187.135 17:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ok I found one source with a little bit of a neutral report but hopefully their are others. The article in its orginal state resembled a pronouncement from Mount Olympus. 64.229.187.135 17:32, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * and where is it sourced from? &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 17:33, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ok, found it. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 17:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I have trawled extensively for reactions pro and anti this policy but can't find anything. It seems that this policy was to be slipped out quietly and that certainly seems to have happened - in spite of its great signifiance. If anyone can find stuff I hope they will start a new piece. Fentonrobb 18:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I can't find anything either, which is rather worrying to me. This issue is frankly major no matter which side of it you are on.  I guess original reporting is the only answer, perhaps some Wikinewsies in countries other than the US can do something to spread how other people really feel about this sort of thing, and get a followup article.  Rob T Firefly 13:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

American/British English
Minor Comment: I realize that the article author is British, but as Tony White is an American, his quote should used the commonly accepted American english, i.e. "weaponization" as opposed to "weaponisation" in the article. Zidel333 16:07, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Comments on the new policy
As at October 12 Space Politics remarks ''Looking for some insightful commentary and analysis regarding the national space policy released late last week by the Bush Administration? Well, keep looking. There hasn't been a lot of commentary in general about the document, and what little has been published has focused, not surprisingly, on the portions of the document dealing with security and freedom-of-access sections of the policy:'' http://www.spacepolitics.com/archives/001104.html

Then on 18 October same source headlines Some media attention for the national space policy It only took a week and a half, but the new national space policy quietly released on the eve of Columbus Day weekend has finally received some heavyweight mainstream media attention, in the form of a front-page article in today's Washington Post, but this adds little new. And still no signifiant reactions from world's press that I can find.

Fentonrobb 18:47, 24 October 2006 (UTC)