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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 07:03am Aug 26, 2003 EST (# 13393 of 13402)
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wrcooper - 02:10am Jan 28, 2003 EST (# 8210...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8213 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9739

lchic - 02:19am Jan 28, 2003 EST (# 8211...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8214 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9740

rshow55 - 10:40am Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8186...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8239 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9765

lchic - 08:04pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8192...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8240 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9766

wrcooper - 11:36pm Jan 27, 2003 EST (# 8198...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8247 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9773

lchic - 01:57am Jan 28, 2003 EST (# 8206...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8252 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9778

wrcooper - 02:10am Jan 28, 2003 EST (# 8210...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8253 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9779

lchic - 02:19am Jan 28, 2003 EST (# 8211...) ... by gisterme - Jan 28, 03 (#8254 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9780

bbbuck - 11:11pm Jan 29, 2003 EST (# 8341...) ... by gisterme - Jan 29, 03 (#8342 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9868

rshow55 - 10:46pm Jan 29, 2003 EST (# 8339...) ... by gisterme - Jan 30, 03 (#8344 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9870

bbbuck - 11:58pm Jan 29, 2003 EST (# 8343...) ... by gisterme - Jan 30, 03 (#8345 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9871

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almarst2002 - 06:11pm Jan 30, 2003 EST (# 8356...)... by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8406 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9932

lchic - 02:09pm Jan 31, 2003 EST (# 8409...) ... by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8413 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9939

wrcooper - 03:46pm Jan 31, 2003 EST (# 8414...) ... by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8429 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9955

rshow55 - - 05:49pm Jan 31, 2003 EST (# 8426...) ... by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8430 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9956

sambro55 - - 06:24pm Jan 31, 2003 EST (# 8428...) ... by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8431 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9957

Will, Are you going to meet with Robert?.. by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8432 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9958

- 09:07pm Jan 31, 2003 EST (# 8433...) "As... by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8436 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9962

"...The idea that a madman would, first, get hold... by gisterme - Jan 31, 03 (#8445 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9971

lchic - 11:54pm Jan 31, 2003 EST (# 8444...) ... by gisterme - Feb 1, 03 (#8446 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/9972

ledzepplin - - 06:29am Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8484...)... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8507 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/10033

ledzepplin - - 10:42am Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8494...)... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8509

"...I've reread the correspondence, and the... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8511 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/10037

"...Neither Cooper's view nor mine are crazy -... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8515 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/10041

lchic - 02:06am Feb 3, 2003 EST (# 8508...) ... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8516 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/10042

lchic - - 02:30am Feb 3, 2003 EST (# 8513...) ... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8517 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/10043

lchic - 03:13am Feb 3, 2003 EST (# 8519...) "The... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8521 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/10047

lchic - 03:10am Feb 3, 2003 EST (# 8518...) ... by gisterme - Feb 3, 03 (#8524 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551072@.f28e622/10050

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