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Will space war take place? According to
Le Figaro
, NATO is getting organized in the event of a possible conflict beyond our atmosphere. In fact, it is not a question of retaliating against a possible attack of little green men, it is rather a posture aimed at showing its muscles in the face of the technological advance of China. Beijing has spent billions to develop its space program (probes on the Moon and on Mars and construction of a space station). We are more about an ideological war than a military one, as in the days of the Cold War.
The real issue revolves around space tourism. On July 20, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, will board the Blue Origin capsule with three other people, including Wally Funk, a former American aviator.
The Atlantic
tells about his passion for the stars and his dream of going to space. A goal long prevented by the ambient sexism of Nasa in the years 1960-70, writes the magazine. At 82, she will finally realize her dream, becoming the oldest person to travel in space.
Nine days earlier, billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company will have already sent six people on a tour beyond our atmosphere.
The goal?
To be the first, in order to launch what could be the real space war, that of space tourism, explains
The Guardian
.
On earth, another battle is being played out, much more important since it is about the preservation of the planet.
On one,
The Independent
headlines, "A State on Fire" with an illustration of a photo of a Canadian forest in the throes of fires.
This refers to the extreme heat that has affected the west of the country for several days, but also to the very high risk of fires expected this summer.
For
The Guardian
,
"there is no shelter anywhere", faced with rising temperatures explain climatologists. Recently, the IPCC experts launched a new cry of alarm in the face of the inaction of governments to fight against global warming a few months before the COP 26, scheduled for November in Scotland.
Faced with all these repeated climatic events, part of the world population still does not believe in global warming. Conspiracy theories are even gaining ground. Why ? "Because they reassure a fragile population in the face of a reality too difficult to assume", explains Edward Snowden. In a post published by
The Guardian
, the former NSA analyst, who had denounced a vast American wiretapping system around the world, said he was tired of conspiracy theories. He himself says he was the victim of fanciful information about him, making him a CIA agent, or even a double agent in the pay of a foreign power.
In the UK, you could almost call it "the statue of discord".
A statue of Princess Lady Diana was unveiled Thursday by her two sons, Princes William and Harry.
The
Daily Mail
returns to this express inauguration and focuses on the bad relationship between the two brothers.
It is the consequence of an interview with Harry where he denounced the prevailing racism in Westminster.
"No speech, no heart, and no time to waste," sums up the tabloid.
For a tribute to a national icon, we have known better.
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