The Internet is not a very good method for developing an understanding of the space weaponization debate. The net is no good at nuance, and people commenting on the subject—primarily bloggers—are more prone to resort to short, partisan commentary than to the kind of detailed discussion and arguing over minutiae that is common to discussions of international diplomacy. The panel discussion at The Independent Institute, although attended by no more than a couple of dozen people (including some rather unconventional media and university representatives), did reflect the tone of the debate within Washington. Partisan polemics and questioning of motives were nonexistent, and instead there was a civil discussion where the panelists spent a great deal of time agreeing with each other. But in the end, they still maintained their fundamental disagreements about the utility of arms control for space weapons.

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Day, Dwayne. "Will we Burn in Heaven like we do Down Here?." The Space Review. March 10, 2008.