NASA Discovers Space Spies From the 60's

Saeed al-Sahaf writes "In a room forgotten for more than thirty years at NASA's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA recently found suits for space spies. Originally thought to be Gemini suits, the manufacturer determined that they were suits from a short-lived Cold War-era military program to put a manned reconnaissance station in space. Begun in 1964, the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program was an Air Force initiative that would have sent Air Force astronauts to a space station in a Gemini capsule. After spending a few weeks in orbit, the crew would undock and return to Earth. An interesting blast from the past."

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Re:Wow... the 1960's..

[Homology]

Now all of it has been buried and forgotten. Advancement? We've buried our collective heads in the sand. That's why Bush's CEV program [wikipedia.org] actually makes sense.

Bush want's to extend the arms race into space, and quite simply ignore existing treaties (they're irrelevant, like the Geneva Convention, go figure). This is extremely dangerous for our survival. With WMD in orbit, USA have the ability to launch a devastating first-strike attack with no warning while the "enemy" having no time to launch any counter offensive/defense. Will USA do so? All that matters that they have the capability to do so, and other states will take that into account and might decide to launch a pre-emptive attack on their own.

Yeah, we enter a new era of doomsday weapons controlled by paranoid commanders with hair-trigger nerves.

Re:Wasn't Paranoia

[mrt68]

You really are an offensive cunt, aren't you?