So I Guess Al Queda's Hiding on Mars Now?

[forsyth]

Us Adopts Tough New Space Policy

"The US has adopted a tough new policy aimed at protecting its interests in space and denying "adversaries" access there for hostile purposes.

The document - signed by President Bush - also says "freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power".

The document rejects any proposals to ban space weapons.

But the White House has said the policy does not call for the development or deployment of weapons in space."

Comments

[surlyben.livejournal.com]

Well, at least nukes and WMDs are already banned by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. The same treaty bans pretty much all weapons from places like mars and the moon. Which still leaves orbital non WMD weapons, but there the laws of physics make orbital weapons hard to implement...

Which makes the whole space weapons thing seem like impotent posturing to me. But inexplicable impotent posturing, since all it does is piss people off.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of inexplicable impotent posturing in this administration. Which is basically just used to show their base the're "strong" and stuff, I guess, since they like weapons and don't care what people think, or something.

Man, I should totally have titled this something like "Terrorists in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!" Ah well, hindsight.

[megpie71.livejournal.com]

Could someone please pass on to the militia movement that the One World Government is on its way - and it appears to be run by the US Rethuglicans. It's such a lovely dog-in-the-manger approach, too. The US isn't doing anything in particular with the whole notion of going into space, but the current administration seems to think they should be allowed to veto everyone else's plans.

Here's hoping that the Europeans, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Pakistanis and all the other nations interested in space exploration give this particular bit of idiocy the raspberry it deserves.