USA pwnz space..

JayMcGee · 10-18-2006, 06:58 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6063926.stm

Spexxvet · 10-18-2006, 07:01 PM

WE OWN THE WHOLE FUCKING UNIVERSE!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA manical laughter for 3 minutes.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-19-2006, 08:03 PM

I knew this was coming. About time, really.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-21-2006, 11:52 PM

Since Bush & Co's vision of our future military is so heavily dependant on satillite communication, it would make sense for him to protect them.

Phase · 10-22-2006, 04:16 AM

That's just sad. Wish we could give Bush the boot.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-22-2006, 10:20 AM

We can't give him the boot, BUT, in a couple of weeks we can kick him in the nuts.

9th Engineer · 10-22-2006, 12:42 PM

Any declarations about not letting certain nations launch anything into space is a red herring for sure, but if a threatening nation launched something that could be classified as a weapon they can bet it'll be shot down. But that's nothing new, if your enemy puts a weapon into good strategic position you take it out.

orthodoc · 10-22-2006, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Since Bush & Co's vision of our future military is so heavily dependant on satillite communication, it would make sense for him to protect them.

Our current military (not just our future military), and by extension our national security, depends on satellite communications. I would hope that any future administration would continue to rely on the same, and not take us a few decades backwards. So, yes ... protect our satellites, protect our national interests in space.

JayMcGee · 10-22-2006, 07:05 PM

but where do you draw the line? Is this not veiled threat to Galileo ( the proposed European GPS system) ?

tw · 10-22-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JayMcGee

but where do you draw the line? Is this not veiled threat to Galileo ( the proposed European GPS system) ?

One first learns some basic details. For example, significant damage from the last Shuttle flight was from what? A paint chip? Litter means space becomes too dangerous for man or satellite. Space war is akin to nuclear war on earth - makes that environment unusable. It means, for example, the space shuttle can no longer fly. Space is now so dirty that the shuttle must fly to protect its windshield as the expense of its heat tiles. Warfare means 'a so clean orbital space' has massive debris.

'Throwing out cigarette butts' as we do on earth would have massive consequences in space. And yet those who again take an 'only we have the right' attitude cannot be bothered with such details.

Second, how does one tell the difference between a weapon and other satellites? In most cases, one does not. One assumes it must be a weapon and attack it just like Iraq. Preemption - fear - justifies action?

10-22-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

WE OWN THE WHOLE FUCKING UNIVERSE!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA manical laughter for 3 minutes.

As an Amerikan citizen, I demand first dibs on Alpha Centauri. Its mine, I tell you. MINE!

Aliantha · 10-22-2006, 08:27 PM

This is just ridicules - at this point in time. A 'pre emptive' claim on space maybe? Isn't 'space' infinite? Shouldn't that mean there's enough room for everyone? I"m all for wars being held in space. That means I'll be able to sleep in peace at night...after watching the fireworks.

Aliantha · 10-22-2006, 08:30 PM

btw...I thought the title of this thread was "USA Pawns Space". That's almost as funny.

Clodfobble · 10-22-2006, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Isn't 'space' infinite? Shouldn't that mean there's enough room for everyone?

Mmm, yes I'll just take what's in this solar system and you can have all the rest of it, okay?

Aliantha · 10-22-2006, 08:31 PM

Why shit in your own backyard? Why not do it in someone else's solar system? Isn't that what the Bush govt is pretty famous for anyway?

10-18-2006, 06:58 PM	#1
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10-18-2006, 07:01 PM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	WE OWN THE WHOLE FUCKING UNIVERSE!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA manical laughter for 3 minutes. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-19-2006, 08:03 PM	#3
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I knew this was coming. About time, really. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-21-2006, 11:52 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Since Bush & Co's vision of our future military is so heavily dependant on satillite communication, it would make sense for him to protect them. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-22-2006, 04:16 AM	#5
Phase Resident Denizen Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 63	That's just sad. Wish we could give Bush the boot. __________________ To obtain peace and quiet get a Phoneless Cord.

10-22-2006, 10:20 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	We can't give him the boot, BUT, in a couple of weeks we can kick him in the nuts. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-22-2006, 12:42 PM	#7
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Any declarations about not letting certain nations launch anything into space is a red herring for sure, but if a threatening nation launched something that could be classified as a weapon they can bet it'll be shot down. But that's nothing new, if your enemy puts a weapon into good strategic position you take it out. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

10-22-2006, 07:05 PM	#9
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	but where do you draw the line? Is this not veiled threat to Galileo ( the proposed European GPS system) ? __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

10-22-2006, 08:27 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	This is just ridicules - at this point in time. A 'pre emptive' claim on space maybe? Isn't 'space' infinite? Shouldn't that mean there's enough room for everyone? I"m all for wars being held in space. That means I'll be able to sleep in peace at night...after watching the fireworks. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2006, 08:30 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	btw...I thought the title of this thread was "USA Pawns Space". That's almost as funny. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2006, 08:31 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Why shit in your own backyard? Why not do it in someone else's solar system? Isn't that what the Bush govt is pretty famous for anyway? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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