Re: National Space Intelligence Center proposed

William.Mook@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

:At some point the commercial sector will supersede the civilian,
:military, and intelligence sectors in space development. When that
:happens, we have to make sure that the commercial developments don't
:come back to bite us in the ass as a nation, or a world. After all, a
:colony in the asteroid belt could quite easily reduce the surface of
:the Earth to molten slag while remaining beyond the reach of Earth's
:military might.

Nope. No sane asteroid population would try this, since their habitat
is a LOT more fragile than ours. If they can get out there to have a
colony, we can get to them to punch holes and let their air out.

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"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn
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