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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 - 09:22am Aug 2, 2002 EST (#3427 of 3445)

MD3366 rshow55 7/31/02 9:05am

In many ways, this forum has worked extremely well, in large part because lchic is so special.

And there has surely been a great deal of discussion about missile defense - a lot of it summarized in MD84 rshow55 3/2/02 11:52am

Gisterme , a poster with many resemblances to Condoleezza Rice has made extensive postings.

And, just thinking of my own private, personal interests - - which aren't my only interests, but that do matter to me, this thread has been worth working on.

3382-3388 rshow55 8/1/02 8:26am

The deletions by almarst may be particularly interesting, in terms of the question "does this thread matter?"

You might even argue (maybe wrongly, but with a reasonable connection of the dots) that it has been influential.

Priority ordering for me: National interest . . . NYT interest . . scientific community interest . . . U.W. interest . . . my own interest. I come last in priority, but I matter, too.

Priority order for you , George Johnson - Mazza?

. . .

rshow55 8/2/02 7:30am and rshow55 8/2/02 7:37am may well be "low status" -- as you imply. The most common things are low status. But no less important for that. I don't matter much at all compared to some of these most basic relations - which matter a great deal.

lchic - 10:01am Aug 2, 2002 EST (#3428 of 3445)

"" Senate Easily Passes $355 Billion Bill for Military Spending / CARL HULSE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 — The Senate easily passed a $355.4 billion military spending measure today, showing strong support for the higher budget that President Bush sought for his buildup.

With little debate over military priorities, senators voted, 95 to 3, to adopt the measure that Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, senior Republican on the Appropriations Committee, said "fully meets the needs of our men and women who serve in the armed forces, today and for the future." Except for a $10 billion wartime contingency fund, also sought by the White House, that is being negotiated by the White House and members of Congress from both parties, the record military appropriations bill is generally consistent with the administration's request and is $34.4 billion higher than the level for this year ....

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/02/politics/02SPEN.html

lchic - 10:30am Aug 2, 2002 EST (#3429 of 3445)

CONFLICT OF INTEREST
""accusations, which are disputed by Novation, are among the most serious to be leveled at this private company, which negotiates medical supply contracts worth $20 billion annually for a third of the nation's hospitals.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/01/business/01BUYE.html

Note the role of the NYT .... wonder if there's a CONFLICT OF INTEREST to be found anywhere in the MD industry? If there is, then what would the NYT do about it - for the National Interest.

The above is the most 'mailed' article ... shows that the PUBLIC care about conflict of interest - as it hits their HIP POCKET MEDI NERVE.

lchic - 10:52am Aug 2, 2002 EST (#3430 of 3445)

Who's the star of mAzzA's (nee George Johnson) eye
^{http://www.slivoski.com/astronomy/canisminor.htm}
Heaven's Above!!

lchic - 12:06am Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3431 of 3445)

The courts are having to pull the Administration into line in the USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/03/politics/03DETA.html

kalter.rauch - 03:25am Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3432 of 3445)
Earth vs <^> <^> <^>

Luigi Mazza......Das Fliegende Augen!!!

lchic - 09:42am Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3433 of 3445)

http://www.enn.com/
http://www.enn.com/indepth/energy/nuclear.asp

mazza9 - 11:24am Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3434 of 3445)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Kalter:

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

rshow55 - 12:00pm Aug 3, 2002 EST (#3435 of 3445)

If the question is "who guards the guards?" - - in interlocking systems, people and groups guard each other. And if there is a reasonable amount of clear, correct feedback, it can work well.

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