At 22:23 2-3-01 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
>At 04:37 PM 3/2/01 -0800, Josh wrote:
> >But (A) even it
> >won't since the current tone of the US government is anti-space, a
>
>Minor quiblble - the Bush Administration is actually very pro-space when it
>comes to military applications and consequences of space.
>
>It obviously, however, has little appetite for new large spending programs
>of any kind, though.
The question is: why? Why don't Bush & Co. want to spend money on space
programs that in the long run are important for the future of the entire
world, but do want to spend billions on a space-based anti-missile shield
they will never need and that will be technologically outdated by the time
it becomes operational?
Jeroen
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