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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 - 07:02am Aug 26, 2003 EST (# 13391 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.

almarst2002 1/5/03 11:29pm "...When Bush called... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7407 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8930

almarst2002 1/5/03 11:40pm "...so, how come no... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7408 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8931

manjumicha 1/6/03 1:45am "...Chinese and Russians... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7418 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8941

lunarchick 1/6/03 7:45am "...The UN must endorse... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7430 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8953

bbbuck 1/6/03 4:30pm "...I believe I have some... by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7431 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8954

lunarchick 1/6/03 6:23pm "Gisterme .. by gisterme - Jan 6, 03 (#7435 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8958

fredmoore 1/7/03 3:55am "...Keep on posting ... by gisterme - Jan 8, 03 (#7471 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8994

rshow55 1/7/03 7:19pm "...Something unexpected... by gisterme - Jan 8, 03 (#7474 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/8997

almarst2002 1/8/03 12:40pm "..."...the missile... by gisterme - Jan 9, 03 (#7493 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9016

rshow55 1/8/03 1:42pm "...I made a suggestion -... by gisterme - Jan 9, 03 (#7494 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9017

lunarchick 1/8/03 7:21pm "...If someone has... by gisterme - Jan 9, 03 (#7495 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9018

lunarchick 1/9/03 12:22am "... by gisterme - Jan 9, 03 (#7496 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9019

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lunarchick 1/9/03 5:40am "...Euros said that... by gisterme - Jan 10, 03 (#7544 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9068

lunarchick 1/9/03 6:02am "...A US Senator it... by gisterme - Jan 10, 03 (#7545 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9069

commondata 1/9/03 7:16am "...Thanks for waiting 5... by gisterme - Jan 10, 03 (#7546 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9070

rshow55 1/9/03 8:41am "...For instance, arguments... by gisterme - Jan 10, 03 (#7547 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9071

Robert, a while back I claimed that you Wibble... by gisterme - Jan 10, 03 (#7550 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9074

lunarchick 1/9/03 3:14pm "...I spoke of the... by gisterme - Jan 10, 03 (#7552 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9076

rshow55 1/9/03 8:20pm "...The people involved in... by gisterme - Jan 10, 03 (#7554 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9078

commondata 1/10/03 5:50am "...Do you have a pet... by gisterme - Jan 13, 03 (#7621 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9145

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What's up with the dysfunctional link... by gisterme - Jan 16, 03 (#7728 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9253

lchic 09:28pm Jan 16, 2003 EST (#7725)"...Gisteme... by gisterme - Jan 16, 03 (#7729 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9254

Wow, Robert... by gisterme - Jan 17, 03 (#7767 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9292

Here's a story that's just as irrelevant as... by gisterme - Jan 17, 03 (#7768 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551022@.f28e622/9293

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