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originally posted by: Triton1128
a reply to: MystikMushroom
Correct.
Our government spends 52.6 BILLION a year on black budget programs. Because they are of "national defense/security" they are not required to say WHAT they are spending it on.
originally posted by: mbkennel
I wish they were building a fleet warp drive starships, but I don't think there's enough money left.
originally posted by: Jukiodone
originally posted by: mbkennel
I wish they were building a fleet warp drive starships, but I don't think there's enough money left.
Realise you are joking but we don't really need a fleet of warp drive starships do we..?
A more realistic situation might be just having a system (or number of systems) that allows one military faction to covertly access and return from space whilst maintaining an "always on", taskable presence up there.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: mbkennel
The NRO was using space telescopes bigger than the Hubble, before the Hubble. They actually just "gave" NASA some of their old ones.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: Jukiodone
A covert program would have advanced technologies that would surprise people. Imagine if some of the "new" discoveries civilian scientists claimed they made were already tried and matured technologies 30+ years old?
That wouldn't go over very well meethinks.
But hey, they've thrown us a few bones...duct tape for one. And velcro, I'm pretty sure velcro. Not Tang though, I looked into it.