VICE - Season 6 Episode 13
A Kurdish State/Out of Space

In Iraqi Kurdistan, Vices Ben Anderson met those involved in the fight from the frontline to the Kurds former guerrilla president to ask why the group recently voted for independence and what hopes they have for achieving a state of their own. Nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson joined the Air Force Space Command to see how a growing military and commercial space presence threatens the ubiquitous satellites, which are essential to humanitys digital way of life.