U.S. Eyes Space as Possible Battleground

[directfiesta]

A new front against " Terra ..." or maybe the hiding place of the WMD...

Another great deal for Halliburton.

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The moon, scientists have said, is a source of potentially unlimited energy in the form of the helium 3 isotope -- a near perfect fuel source: potent, nonpolluting and causing virtually no radioactive byproduct in a fusion reactor.

"And if we could get a monopoly on that, we wouldn't have to worry about the Saudis and we could basically tell everybody what the price of energy was going to be," said Pike.

Gerald Kulcinski of the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin at Madison estimated the moon's helium 3 would have a cash value of perhaps $4 billion a ton in terms of its energy equivalent in oil.

Scientists reckon there are about 1 million tons of helium 3 on the moon, enough to power the earth for thousands of years. The equivalent of a single space shuttle load or roughly 30 tons could meet all U.S. electric power needs for a year, Kulcinski said by e-mail.
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Where are these misssiles and weapons are going to come from? Iraq? and why only the US are so worried of being attacked? Did you do something wrong...

Among other things, the Pentagon expects to spend at least $50 billion over the next five years to develop and field a multi-layered shield against incoming missiles that could deliver nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.

Ultimately, this shield -- first proposed by President Ronald Reagan and dubbed "Star Wars" by critics -- may include space-based interceptors, the first weapons in space, as opposed to sensors that guide weapons.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=4154299

Seems the US have all those weapons .. Maybe the shield shold be constructed to prevent them from being launched from the US...

[Matt 26z]

Originally posted by directfiesta
why only the US are so worried of being attacked? Did you do something wrong...

No country stays #1 forever. A dependable missile shield could keep us at the top for much longer than what would have been.

Bringing down the US in the same manner Europe was brought down in WWII would have to involve sending things over to us. No country could actually invade us. So a missile shield is highly desirable.

[tical]

smithers... massage my brain

[Number1Thumb]

Originally posted by Matt 26z


No country stays #1 forever. A dependable missile shield could keep us at the top for much longer than what would have been.

Bringing down the US in the same manner Europe was brought down in WWII would have to involve sending things over to us. No country could actually invade us. So a missile shield is highly desirable.

[Shoehorn!]

Originally posted by tical
smithers... massage my brain