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Originally posted by dionysius9
"Remember Carol, the last card is the alien card. We are going to have to build space-based weapons against aliens and all of it is a lie," he told her.
The program is slowly unfolding as Von Braun predicted. We are at the rogue nation, terrorist stage.
A 2002 report concludes: "The continued development of these space systems seriously undermines the claim that the U.S. missile defence project is purely defensive in nature. Instead, the dual use capability of both the SBL and kinetic kill vehicles makes them inherently threatening to the space assets and national security of other countries. ... The possibility of sparking an arms race in space, with seriously detrimental effects on global commerce, communications and security, should not be underestimated."
Originally posted by Snake Plisskin
Maybe controlling a slice of the land on the other planets ensures the nation doesn't get cut out of anything valuable up there?
But I think the idea is if they all say they are going, it helps prevent one nation looking weak and vulnerable to the others.
they all pat each other on the back at the end of the day because they share the same view, only the methods to achieve the goals differs - with each side wanting to take credit for the more popular method of doing things for points)
Originally posted by guavas
You guys see this yet?
bijanc.wordpress.com...
Apparently, this blogger is a reporter who attended the conference in question.
Originally posted by wierdalienshiznit
I find Nick Pope quite annoying... it sounds like he's trying to boost his own ego...
LW
he is still working with a paid salary for the uk government.
hes doing his job
Originally posted by WickedStar
For those of you who are interested in listening to this conference in its entirety you can do so
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by WickedStar
For those of you who are interested in listening to this conference in its entirety you can do so
Dang it! Missed this post I cannot find the program listed there now even in the archives...