The explosion on June 28 of Space X’s unmanned rocket at Cape Canaveral should be a national wake-up call — and not just because the untested Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket engine clearly needs more work before it’s used for any future satellite launch.

This debacle is proof — if any proof was needed — that America’s entire space program needs a radical overhaul. It’s a task any future president will need to take seriously if we are to protect ourselves from what could be a devastating attack on our space assets.