Where's Blicero?

Doug Millison DMillison at ftmg.net
Tue May 8 16:45:08 CDT 2001


Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld proposed today a sweeping overhaul
of the Pentagon's space programs, sharply increasing the importance of outer
space in strategic planning.
The proposal was the first step toward making space a focus of Pentagon
spending and was intended to emphasize the importance the administration
places on developing weapon systems for outer space, military officials
said.
[...]
"In space, we'll protect our network of satellites essential to the flow of
our commerce and the defense of our common interests," President Bush said
in February in his first major speech on military policy. "All of this
requires great effort and new spending."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/world/08CND-SPACE.html

...note that commerce is the priority here, just as we see with the Rocket
in GR.



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