12 May 2021 The U.S. Space Force has been established to keep a keen military eye on the space domain that is congested and contested by numbers of nations. (Image credit: Nicholas Pilch/U.S. Air Force) Here on Earth, the air, land, and sea are zones of conflict, clashes and combat. There is a growing perception that There is ongoing chatter regarding military use of space by various nations. The freshly established U.S. Space Force, for instance, is busily shaping how best to protect U.S. and allied interests in the increasingly contested and congested space domain. What conditions could lead to clashes in space? Is such a situation a given, or