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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 06:54am Aug 26, 2003 EST (# 13384 of 13402)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

lchic 10/2/02 9:03pm "...Carry on with the realms... by gisterme - Oct 2, 02 (#4722 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/5973

almarst2002 10/2/02 9:28pm "...On the other hand,... by gisterme - Oct 3, 02 (#4723 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/5974

gisterme 10/3/02 2:24am (continued) "...May be he... by gisterme - Oct 3, 02 (#4724 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/5975

almarst2002 10/2/02 9:04pm "...Except a fiew... by gisterme - Oct 3, 02 (#4725 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/5976

bbbuck 10/2/02 10:06pm "...Good points -... by gisterme - Oct 3, 02 (#4726 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/5977

lchic 10/8/02 12:14am "... by gisterme - Oct 7, 02 (#4748 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6003

Before the recent "shutdown for urgent... by gisterme - Oct 7, 02 (#4749 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6004

4801-5100 - October 11-21, 2002 http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_new_6000s/znDir4801_5100.htm

wrcooper 10/8/02 12:37pm "...How can the... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4864 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6153

commondata 10/9/02 8:35am "...There are four main... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4866 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6155

commondata 10/14/02 3:36pm "The concept of... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4868 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6157

lchic 10/11/02 11:57am ...The 'By Gosh' in the... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4869 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6158

commondata 10/14/02 5:56pm ..."By 1998, the... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4872 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6161

rshow55 10/14/02 7:34pm "...And though I haven't... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4882 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6171

davemc53 10/14/02 7:57pm "...It seems to me you... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4884

rshow55 10/14/02 8:03pm "...Me, I've been arguing... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4885

manjumicha 10/14/02 7:57pm "...Sorry to pop your... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4888

almarst2002 10/14/02 8:58pm "Aren't you,... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4891 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6182

manjumicha 10/14/02 9:13pm "...As for missile... by gisterme - Oct 14, 02 (#4893 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6184

commondata 10/15/02 7:38am "...- A new... by gisterme - Oct 15, 02 (#4904 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6199

gisterme 10/15/02 4:00pm ...continued "...- And... by gisterme - Oct 15, 02 (#4905 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6200

lchic 10/15/02 10:42am "...- we are living –... by gisterme - Oct 15, 02 (#4906 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6201

ericanderson108 10/15/02 5:26pm "...This was the... by gisterme - Oct 15, 02 (#4908 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6203

commondata 10/15/02 7:01pm I said: ... by gisterme - Oct 16, 02 (#4939 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6241

gisterme 10/16/02 1:39pm ...continued: "...You... by gisterme - Oct 16, 02 (#4940 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6242

lchic 10/16/02 1:50pm lchic - No doubt the... by gisterme - Oct 16, 02 (#4943 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6245

rshow55 10/16/02 8:11pm "...Not everybody thinks... by gisterme - Oct 16, 02 (#4955 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6260

rshow55 10/16/02 8:11pm "...Not everybody thinks... by gisterme - Oct 16, 02 (#4956 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6261

bbbuck 10/16/02 5:33pm "...I just thought it was... by gisterme - Oct 16, 02 (#4957 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6262

manjumicha 10/16/02 11:56pm "...otherwise mazzas... by gisterme - Oct 18, 02 (#4982 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550875@.f28e622/6290

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