Technology Review has a piece on the influx of new space agencies, both in smaller countries (Luxembourg!) and by private enterprises.
Elon Musk is putting up thousands of satellites to provide Internet access.
Seems to me we're going to come to the point where the practicalities of managing space will force governments to agree to cede some control to an international organization. Back in the day we were sure the UN was a steppingstone to a real world government. That dream is long gone, but technology and the need to control the commons might revive it.
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