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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
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I can't wait till we get a military shuttle with a nuclear reactor and some of those sexy railguns the navy has been testing 
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I can.
The militarization of space is the biggest mistake humanity has ever made. Thanks, USA!
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January 20th, 2007, 05:43 PM
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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
Your quite welcome. We are happy to please.
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January 20th, 2007, 08:53 PM
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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
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Artaud said: The militarization of space is the biggest mistake humanity has ever made. Thanks, USA!
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As if the USA started it.
The militarization of space began with Russia launching Sputnik. (Or with Germany launching suborbital V-2 rockets in WWII.)
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January 20th, 2007, 09:09 PM
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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
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As the United
States, with its global commitments, came to depend upon
communications satellites for the preponderance of its
military communications, the Soviets developed an anti-
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Wouldn't you call the deployment of military communications/reconnaissance/spy satellites as the start of 'space militarization'? |
January 20th, 2007, 11:51 PM
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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
Uh...I thought Sputnik just transmitted a 'beep'?
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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
It could be said to be military. I am not familiar with sputnik but at the time they were in the depths of the Cold War and the SU could use their launch of the first satellite as a sort of victory over the US. So in a way it was used for military advancement.
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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
More like a 'cultural victory', ala Civilization.
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January 21st, 2007, 10:07 AM
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ahh, many was the time where I had to build the Apollo project just so I could see the entire world and the one last enemy city hiding away somewhere |
January 21st, 2007, 10:36 PM
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Yes, but it proved it was possible to put something in orbit, where it could gather intelligence data about anything visible.
The world's miitaries had already seen this same kind of technological scramble when they realized how valuable aircraft could be during WWI.
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January 22nd, 2007, 02:03 AM
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Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon
I once sneezed so hard that I think I put the object that I expelled from my nose into orbit. I wonder if they will want to shoot that down?
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