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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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lchic
- 04:42pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (#
8468 of 8483)
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Debris _ Shuttle
The fallout of debris from the 'old grey lady' covers an
area the size of England.
The debris is toxic, dangerous, small metal pieces ...
Could be picked up now ... or at anytime into the future
... by say a small child ... the 'fallout' is 'ongoing' in
it's potential danger to human life - Huston area - Texas.
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An orbital site that's not working - http://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/
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lchic
- 04:47pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (#
8469 of 8483)
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A time to reflect on the debris left in some of the 250 war
sites the USA has been involved with since the end of WWII
Land mines
Cluster bombs
Missile debris
Bomb cases
Little cleared - all a legacy for the world's children in
the 'ELSEWHERE' zone
Now let's watch and compare the concern for the Texas
Children as against US concern for the generations of
'Elsewhere' children - deaths, legs blown off, contamination
....
Why two standards?
lchic
- 05:07pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (#
8470 of 8483)
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Forum 'Space Exploration' is busy ... i clicked in here
mazza9 - 09:13am Jul 27, 2002 EST (# 35 of 3160) "Quae
cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries
Am I lost, or is this the "SPACED OUT" Forum?
wrcooper - 09:31am Jul 27, 2002 EST (# 36 of 3160)
More like the "Space Balls" forum.
lchic
- 05:16pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (#
8471 of 8483)
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Shuttle discussion - Space Exploration - begins here :
tlawrens - 10:01am Feb 1, 2003 EST (# 2791)
It is the business of the future to be dangerous...The
major advances in civilization are processes that all but
wreck the societies in which they occur.
Oh my god. We have lost one of our shuttles.
lchic
- 05:28pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (#
8472 of 8483)
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Showalter, skimming through some of the
SpaceExploration|Shuttle postings one notes:
contributions from a vast array of NYT readers
each makes their 'major' point - fast
range of issues arising
National pride - budget
Alternative use of funds
A lot is being 'put down fast' on the E-S thread, a
analysis of it would bring out the KEY ISSUES CONCERNS of the
public
The 'gut wave' of emotion on this issue is enormous .... is
it 5 visually-dead Americans (?)
Now turning to the issue of the WAR with IRAQ and numbers
of potential bodybags ... how will the US public take it?
lchic
- 08:03pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (#
8473 of 8483)
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Shuttle
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/P/Section/SectionIndex&cid=1006688055060
www.jpost.com
mazza9
- 09:30pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (#
8474 of 8483)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic
Commentaries
lchic: Cooper was wrong when he called you a putz. You are
a hurtful bitch! Space University is alive as long as I dream
the dream. Ordinarily, I don't call names, (except when
provoked by the likes of lchic), dip people in acid, (Saddam),
starve men women and children, (Kim Il Jung) and enslave,
(many Dictators!).
You're Australian. Why don't you deal with the treatment of
you "Aborigines" Is this something you can point to with
pride. I suspect you, with all the intellect you can muster,
will somehow find that the US is at fault for your failings.
The road to the stars is marked by the steadfastness and
sacrifice of the explorers among us. May the Colombia crew
rest in peace, knowing that we will not falter.
Lou Mazza, Space Cadet!
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