--- --- # We Might Be on the Verge of a War in Space by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 15, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 15, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Are we on the verge of war in outer space?**](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-on-the-cusp-of-war-mdash-in-space/) By Lee Billings in Scientific American **2\.** [**We thought higher deductibles would spur people to shop around for cheaper health care. We were wrong.**](http://www.vox.com/2015/10/14/9528441/high-deductible-insurance-kolstad) By Sarah Kliff in Vox **3\.** [**Border walls divide ecosystems, too.**](https://orionmagazine.org/2015/09/border-walls-arent-just-political-objects-theyre-ecological-barriers-too/) By Peter Brewitt in Orion **4\.** [**Learn about the growing solidarity between #BlackLivesMatter and young Palestinians.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/10/15/the-growing-solidarity-between-blacklivesmatter-and-palestinian-activists/) By Ishaan Tharoor in the Washington Post **5\.** [**Urban hospitals are taking action against poverty.**](http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/10/12/surrounded-by-poverty-urban-hospitals-reach-out) By Michael Ollove at the Pew Charitable Trusts  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ We Might Be on the Verge of a War in Space ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4074961/war-in-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4074961/war-in-space/"},"headline":"We Might Be on the Verge of a War in Space","datePublished":"2015-10-15T16:01:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:15.184Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4074961/war-in-space/","keywords":["Innovation","poor","hospitals","ACA","satellite","border","Palestinians","#BlackLivesMatter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4074961/war-in-space/","name":"We Might Be on the Verge of a War in Space"}}]}] ```