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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 (# 13392 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.

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lchic 06:32pm Jan 18, 2003 EST (# 7795...) ... by gisterme - Jan 21, 03 (#7856 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9381

rshow55 - 08:31pm Jan 18, 2003 EST (# 7800...) ... by gisterme - Jan 21, 03 (#7857 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9382

lchic 07:02am Jan 19, 2003 EST (# 7804...) ... by gisterme - Jan 21, 03 (#7858 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9383

rshow55 - 07:57am Jan 19, 2003 EST (# 7805...) ... by gisterme - Jan 21, 03 (#7859 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9384

rshow55 - 02:59pm Jan 21, 2003 EST (# 7880...) ... by gisterme - Jan 21, 03 (#7882 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9407

From Merriam-Webster: ... by gisterme - Jan 21, 03 (#7883 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9408

rshow55 - 09:50pm Jan 21, 2003 EST (# 7887...) ... by gisterme - Jan 23, 03 (#7937 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9462

rshow55 - 02:38pm Jan 23, 2003 EST (# 7946...) ... by gisterme - Jan 24, 03 (#8008 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9534

rshow55 - 06:53pm Jan 23, 2003 EST (# 7952...) ... by gisterme - Jan 24, 03 (#8009 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9535

rshow55 - 09:44am Jan 25, 2003 EST (# 8027...) ... by gisterme - Jan 25, 03 (#8044 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9570

rshow55 - 10:23am Jan 25, 2003 EST (# 8030 ...) ... by gisterme - Jan 25, 03 (#8051 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9577

gisterme - 09:27pm Jan 25, 2003 EST (# 8051...)... by gisterme - Jan 25, 03 (#8052 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9578

rshow55 - 06:32pm Jan 25, 2003 EST (# 8048...) ... by gisterme - Jan 25, 03 (#8057 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9583

almarst2002 - 09:52pm Jan 25, 2003 EST (# 8054...)... by gisterme - Jan 25, 03 (#8058 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9584

I read an article a couple of days ago about some... by gisterme - Jan 25, 03 (#8059 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9585

commondata - 04:18am Jan 26, 2003 EST (# 8060...) ... by gisterme - Jan 26, 03 (#8096 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9622

commondata - <a... by gisterme - Jan 26, 03 (#8099 ) http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9625

8101-8400 - Jan 26-31, 2003 http://www.mrshowalter.net/8101_8400.htm

commondata - 10:46am Jan 26, 2003 EST (# 8101...) ... by gisterme - Jan 26, 03 (#8102 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9628

"...It's sometimes difficult to tell the map from... by gisterme - Jan 26, 03 (#8120 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9646

lchic - 12:06pm Jan 26, 2003 EST (# 8112...) ... by gisterme - Jan 26, 03 (#8123 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9649

rshow55 - 01:40pm Jan 26, 2003 EST (# 8122...) ... by gisterme - Jan 26, 03 (#8125 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9651

limpseed - 05:47pm Jan 26, 2003 EST (# 8134...) ... by gisterme - Jan 27, 03 (#8175 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9701

limpseed - (or bbuck or johnson or whomever you... by gisterme - Jan 27, 03 (#8176 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9702

rshow55 - 10:40am Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8186...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8199 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9725

lchic - 08:04pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8192...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8200 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9726

wrcooper - 11:36pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8198...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8207 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9733

lchic - 01:57am Jan 28, 2003 EST (# 8206...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8212 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551045@.f28e622/9738

wrcooper - 02:10am Jan 28, 2003 EST (# 8210...) ... by gis

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