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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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cantabb - 11:08am Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15738 of 15747)

Flavored "Syrup" 3x a day [dose varies] -- and tada....

"ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation" sooner than you can say 'MD'.

bluestar23 - 02:27pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15739 of 15747)

http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/nmd/

the best link for all the MD information...very comprehensive...

bluestar23 - 02:29pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15740 of 15747)

I am waiting; and many "more" may be secretly waiting ----for Mr. Showalter to describe his new contacts with the New York Times as he emailed them yesterday...

bluestar23 - 02:32pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15741 of 15747)

Omnicorder Corporation Press Release (today):

EAST SETAUKET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2003--

OmniCorder to Collaborate With The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The Army Research Laboratory and The Goddard Space Flight Center

OmniCorder Technologies SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) proposal, "Novel Sensor Technology for Booster Typing," was selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The Company's proposal competed with 1862 others and was selected by a committee of government scientists, engineers, and technical managers who recommended it as a promising approach to meet MDA requirements.

OmniCorder will serve as the primary contractor on the project and will develop a multi-band high resolution QWIP infrared detector to be used for both missile defense and medical imaging applications. This sensor is of great interest to the Department of Defense for missile defense applications and equally important to OmniCorder for future medical imaging applications. OmniCorder will be collaborating with a team comprised of the leading R&D institutions in this field including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Army Research Laboratory and the Goddard Space Flight Center.

cantabb - 03:14pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15742 of 15747)

bluestar23 - 02:29pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15742 of 15743)

I am waiting; and many "more" may be secretly waiting ---- for Mr. Showalter to describe his new contacts with the New York Times as he emailed them yesterday...

Sorry, bluestar23, I am NOT :)

I'd rather NOT see such personal things again here. But you know rshow55 and his loyal followerS -- the choice is not ours.

While he's wondering if HE can "do a better job of finding truth," his 'world asset' with "syrup" is pressing an ATM button -- hoping "ultimately TRUTH outs" -- and she'll be able to recognize "IT." Until then, I don't know what "strong foundation" will be used in the meantime to "build," and how "morally forcing" that would be.

May be rshow55 will figure out a way.

cantabb - 03:26pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15743 of 15747)

Bluestar23:

Re FAS link:

For peer-reviewed technical papers on a range of topics of interest to MD, another source: "Science and Global Security," an international journal.

FAS (Federation of American Scientists) is also an advocacy group, used to be 'Fed. of Atomic Scientists'.

bluestar23 - 04:01pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15744 of 15747)

Yes, you're right about the FAS, but the site has so much information on it that it seemed like the best I'd seen...

lchic - 04:03pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15745 of 15747)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Blue's link has ''CostEffective'' third line down ...

http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/nmd/

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