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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 - 07:10am Aug 26, 2003 EST (# 13399 of 13402)
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"...You have to think like a CEO..." How's... by gisterme - Jun 27, 03 (#12707 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14375

rshow55 - 08:49am Jun 26, 2003 EST (# 12691 of... by gisterme - Jun 27, 03 (#12708 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14376

Oops... by gisterme - Jun 27, 03 (#12714 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14382

I wish robkettenburg03 would get a life. by gisterme - Jun 28, 03 (#12719 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14389

"...Growing better futures : So many idle hands :... by gisterme - Jun 28, 03 (#12728 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14398

"...Retail makes the world go around ... by gisterme - Jun 29, 03 (#12730 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14400

lchic - 05:03am Jun 29, 2003 EST (# 12731 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12745 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14416

lchic - 05:28am Jun 29, 2003 EST (# 12732 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12746 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14417

"...If the staffed organizations of nation states... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12747 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14418

rshow55 - 01:10pm Jun 29, 2003 EST (# 12743 of... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12748 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14419

rshow55 - 11:00am Jun 29, 2003 EST (# 12735 of... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12749 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14420

fredmoore - 11:17am Jun 29, 2003 EST (# 12737 of... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12750 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14421

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I'm saddened to hear of Katharine Hepburn's... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12751 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14422

Fred, "...I'll put up some cash for rights in... by gisterme - Jun 30, 03 (#12773 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14444

"..."When political leaders approach problems that... by gisterme - Jul 1, 03 (#12776 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14447

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rshow55 - 05:05pm Jul 2, 2003 EST (# 12813 of ...)... by gisterme - Jul 3, 03 (#12818 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14489

rshow55 - 08:12am Jul 3, 2003 EST (# 12819 of ...)... by gisterme - Jul 3, 03 (#12834 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14505

...Hopelessness may start small - it too can... by gisterme - Jul 4, 03 (#12837 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14508

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lchic - 09:15pm Jul 6, 2003 EST (# 12866 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13073 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14752

rshow55 - 03:27pm Jul 6, 2003 EST (# 12865 of ...)... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13074 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14753

lchic - 11:06pm Jul 7, 2003 EST (# 12887 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13075 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14754

lchic - 10:24am Jul 8, 2003 EST (# 12890 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13076 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14755

lchic - 03:37pm Jul 8, 2003 EST (# 12895 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13077 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14756

lchic - 10:28pm Jul 8, 2003 EST (# 12902 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13078 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14757

fredmoore - 08:30am Jul 10, 2003 EST (# 12924 of... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13079 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14758

lchic - 04:55pm Jul 11, 2003 EST (# 12959 of ...) ... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03 (#13080 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551215@.f28e622/14759

rshow55 - 07:30am Jul 12, 2003 EST (# 12968 of... by gisterme - Jul 22, 03

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