I just read this article on the BBC about the United States new Space bill.  What a joke!  How on Earth [apologies for the pun] are we going to justify to the international community that we

1. Need to control the space outside of our planet
2. Know exactly where our international space boundaries are (everywhere?)
3. Are not developing weapons to blow everyone else out of space except for the chosen few that we think should also be in space – when we like them to be
4. Can monitor commercial flights into space in a friendly way for them [in other words we’re really nice for letting them send commercial or otherwise flights into OUR space]

I love being a United States citizen for the rights I have.  I hate that we’re so arrogant that we think we can ‘claim’ outer space for our own.  Brilliant.