Re: X-33 & X-34 Projects Terminated

[Alberto Monteiro]

Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote:
>
>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they will never need and that will be technologically outdated by the time 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?
>
<sarcasm>
The anti-missile shield is important for the future of the USA, because
it enables the USA to strike the Evil Empire [be it USSR, China, Iraq, or
a unified Europe] without being hit back.
</sarcasm>

Alberto Monteiro