Re: What to do about milspace/govspace

Ian Parker <ianparker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On 1 Oct, 16:51, simberg.interglo...@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:
:> On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:37:38 -0700, in a place far, far away, Ian
:> Parker <ianpark...@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
:> such a way as to indicate that:
:>
:> >On 1 Oct, 14:42, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> >> I'd suggest you need to find out what is actually involved in what
:> >> you're talking about.
:>
:> >I don't think it would be easy, at least not in the short term. What
:> >is the alternative?
:>
:> >> I'd also suggest that the Pentagon doesn't "press for acceleration" of
:> >> civilian projects just as potential 'science experiments'.
:>
:> >There is a clear tie up.
:>
:> It is only clear to paranoid loons.
:
:The alternative is to jeapodise a billion dollar spacecraft with a
:missiles costing a few millions. Not an advantageoous rate of
:exchange.
:

So China gets a billion dollar spacecraft in return for Shanghai
(attacking US spacecraft is an act of war). Not an advantageous rate
of exchange.

:
:Well I can see that the advantage is clearly with China. China is
:training vast numbers of engineers, far more than the US is. About 50%
:of the US population still believe the world was created in the last
:10K years.
:
:You in particular seem to be far more interested in ad hominem
:denigration rather than a rational solution. You have just had a total
:disaster in Iraq. You will have a similar total disaster in Iran if
:you are not careful and your technological base is being gradually
:eroded.
:
:It would not surprise me in the least if the Chinese were first with
:nanosatellites. As I said they are training vastly more engineers and
:unless they are deployed extremly inefficiently they are bound to
:overhaul the US in a finite time. These are just the facts of
:arithmetic. Ad hominem denigration will only hasten the day.
:

So picking on Ian is a direct path to economic and technological
ruination?

Who knew?


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