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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 - 07:00am Aug 26, 2003 EST (# 13390 of 13402)
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almarst2002 1/2/03 11:09pm "...I quess you don't... by gisterme - Jan 2, 03 (#7251 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8774

rshow55 1/2/03 6:52pm "...From my point of view -... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7252 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8775

almarst2002 1/2/03 8:41pm "...What golden rule... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7253 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8776

lunarchick 1/3/03 2:05am "the time-tested... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7256 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8779

lunarchick 1/3/03 10:31am Lunarchick quotes from:... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7274 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8797

rshow55 1/3/03 12:28pm "...Commondata - I'll get... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7276 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8799

lunarchick 1/3/03 3:06pm "... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7278 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8801

lunarchick 1/3/03 3:35pm "...I don't remember... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7283 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8806

lunarchick 1/3/03 5:15pm "The US is the world's... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7286 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8809

mazza9 1/3/03 7:17pm "...It is only when the two... by gisterme - Jan 3, 03 (#7301 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8824

rshow55 1/4/03 7:47pm "...People need to collect... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7339 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8862

gisterme 1/5/03 3:20am (continued) The question... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7340 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8863

rshow55 1/4/03 8:53am "...Charity, mercy, and an... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7345 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8868

gisterme 1/5/03 6:03am (continued) "...and... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7346 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8869

rshow55 1/5/03 7:08am "...There are times (most... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7373 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8896

bbbuck 1/5/03 12:50pm Thanks, bbbuck... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7374 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8897

rshow55 1/5/03 12:22pm "...Gisterme , I beg of... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7377 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8900

gisterme 1/5/03 5:56pm (continued) That brings... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7378 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8901

rshow55 1/5/03 4:53pm WRT how one might ... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7382 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8905

rshow55 1/5/03 6:01pm "...Could the situation in... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7383 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8906

rshow55 1/5/03 6:14pm "...I'd like to get to... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7384 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8907

manjumicha 1/5/03 9:43pm "...I am sorry to pop... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7389 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8912

l) Within three months of the date of this... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7392 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8915

almarst2002 1/5/03 10:15pm "...But what is the... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7397 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8920

almarst2002 1/5/03 10:15pm "...Why should we... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7400 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8923

"...The North has repeatedly said that it is... by gisterme - Jan 5, 03 (#7402 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8925

almarst2002 1/5/03 10:41pm "...You mean the light... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7405 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8928

almarst2002 1/5/03 11:53pm "...An "interesting"... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7406 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551004@.f28e622/8929

almarst2002 1/5/03 11:29pm "...When Bush called... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7407 http://forums.nytimes.com/web

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