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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 - 06:59am Aug 26, 2003 EST (# 13389 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.

gisterme 12/22/02 3:11am (continued) What single... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6904 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8424

Oops...can't delete but need to make a couple of... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6906 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8426

kalter.rauch 12/22/02 3:30am There is ... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6907 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8427

lunarchick 12/22/02 6:42am "...The road map to... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6936 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8456

lunarchick 12/22/02 7:01am "...This explains... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6937 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8457

rshow55 12/22/02 7:17am "We can't afford to... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6938 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8458

lunarchick 12/22/02 7:23am "...AlQ's mob are said... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6939 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8459

lunarchick 12/22/02 7:39am "...Were there... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6940 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8460

rshow55 12/22/02 8:57am "...That work involved... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6941 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8461

bbbuck 12/22/02 10:39am "good night ralph... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6942 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8462

rshow55 12/22/02 2:01pm "...I haven't hidden the... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6949 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8469

rshow55 12/22/02 2:02pm "...Gisterme , I haven't... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6950 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8470

lunarchick 12/22/02 4:05pm "...'The Poster' uses... by gisterme - Dec 22, 02 (#6951 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8471

"...I'm doing my best, within my limitations, to... by gisterme - Dec 23, 02 (#6962 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8482

lunarchick 12/22/02 7:49pm "...From a virtual... by gisterme - Dec 23, 02 (#6963 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8483

lunarchick 12/22/02 7:59pm "...Lets say there was... by gisterme - Dec 23, 02 (#6964 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8484

rshow55 12/22/02 8:38pm "...people can look for... by gisterme - Dec 23, 02 (#6965 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8485

gisterme 12/23/02 3:19am (continued) "...(for... by gisterme - Dec 23, 02 (#6966 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8486

Happy holidays to all. by gisterme - Dec 26, 02 (#7033 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8556

lunarchick 12/24/02 11:39am "...I love... by gisterme - Dec 26, 02 (#7034 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8557

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lunarchick 12/26/02 8:46am "...The function of... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7235 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8758

manjumicha 1/2/03 4:23pm "......the modern... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7236 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8759

"...For complicated practical cases the "golden... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7238 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8761

almarst2002 1/2/03 9:47pm "...Read it again... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7241 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8764

almarst2002 1/2/03 10:28pm "The horse-rider can... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7244 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8767 Congrats on your new computer and monitor,... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7245 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8768

almarst2002 1/2/03 10:22pm "...The guys who are... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7247 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8770

almarst2002 1/2/03 10:52pm "...I think I already... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7249 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5550983@.f28e622/8772

almarst2002 1/2/03 11:09pm "...I

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