“Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.”
—Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, stepping onto the moon
“. . . for countries that can never win a war with the United States by using the method of tanks and planes, attacking the U.S. space system may be an irresistible and most tempting choice.”
—Wang Hucheng, Chinese military analyst (quoted in CSIS Space Threat 2018: China Assessment)