Posted on 04/17/2010 10:00:10 PM PDT by Rabin
President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that (snip), asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests… Space has become an even more important component of U.S. economic, national and homeland security." The military has become increasingly dependent on satellite communication and navigation, as have providers of cellphones, personal navigation devices and even ATMs.
Protecting U.S. satellites and spacecraft may require "deception, disruption, denial, degradation and destruction." Some sections of the 1996 Clinton policy and the Bush are classified. There are many similarities in the unclassified portions, and the NSC and the Defense Department emphasized that continuity.
The U.S. position flow is from the fact that so many key weapons systems are now dependent on information and communications from orbiting satellites, analysts said. The U.S. military has developed and deployed far more space-based technology than any other nation, giving it great strategic advantages. But with the superior technology has come a perceived vulnerability to attacks on essential satellites.
Raben
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Spacist.
given everything else obama does, I believe he wants to kill the space program in part because it allows the various despotic nations access to the moon and space without US potential interdiction ability. Anyone read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress? I bet the folks running china’s space program are familiar with the concept....
You must have seen one of those billboards with GWB and the caption “Miss Me Yet?” and were inspired to post an article almost 3-1/2 years old, right?
I admire your positive thinking.
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