Re: Anti-Satellite weapon system (was critic of US Space weaponry...)

From: Josh Model (model_at_ll.nospam.mit.edu)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:53:20 -0500

I think, you're a bit late, Thomas. There already are weapons in space --
ICBMs, comm sats, and Spy sats.

I'm not necessarily convinced a space arms race would be so bad a thing.

First, and most importantly of all, there are no people there. If a war can
be decided by who gets the "high ground" without anyone being killed so much
the better. Secondly, it was to some extent a contest between the length of
John and Nikita's members (forgive me if I got the Russian Premier wrong,
I'm a young'un and not too up on my soviet history) that got us to the moon.

I think Jim's "Don't blame us, everybody's doing it" is a sidestep, but a
valid one. No need to be so cantankerous, Thom, but I guess you enjoy it.

--Josh

"Thomas Lee Elifritz" <crackpots@everywhere.net> wrote in message
news:41E44ECE.AC214603@everywhere.net...
> January 11, 2005
>
> Jim Oberg wrote:
>
> > Notice that 'crackpots-everywhere'
>
> This is the usenet, Jim, you're just another one of the gang.
>
> So, yer either fer US or agin US, eh? US verses Them.
>
> Our petty obsolete corrupt bureaucracy is better than their petty obsolete
> corrupt bureaucracy, is it? God favors our dirt over their dirt. George's
penis
> over Vladimir's penis? Where did all those bombs in the IEDs come from?
Exactly
> what factory where they manufactured in? Who sold them to whom? Who
profited?
>
> Did yo daddy teach you everything you know, or your pastor?
>
> Or did you read it in a history book?
>
> Notice the sci in sci.space.policy.
>
> Thomas Lee Elifritz
> http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net
>