SPACE: IT’S FOR EVERYONE (AGAIN)
Jun. 30th, 2010 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogYr Presidential Jedi headline of the day:
Which is a relief to you all, I’m sure.
Well, maybe not to everyone.
Anyway, what they mean is that Team Obama has issued the traditional National Space Strategy for the United States of America [PDF], which – like almost every NSS dating back to Jimmy Carter – basically says that space is a place for international cooperation, not territorial dick-waving and real-estate grabs.
Unlike the Bush Posse’s 2006 National Space Strategy, which basically said: “We’ll do whatever we want in space and we get to say who can come up here with us, and anyone who fucks with us is going to get a photon torpedo up his ass, Jimbo.”
I’m paraphrasing, of course. But you get the idea.
That’s not to say Obama is doing away with militarization of space altogether:
Still, it’s an improvement over declaring outer space the new Puerto Rico. And at least he’s given NASA something to do besides run a satellite repair service.
Plenty of space for everyone,
This is dF
Which is a relief to you all, I’m sure.
Well, maybe not to everyone.
Anyway, what they mean is that Team Obama has issued the traditional National Space Strategy for the United States of America [PDF], which – like almost every NSS dating back to Jimmy Carter – basically says that space is a place for international cooperation, not territorial dick-waving and real-estate grabs.
Unlike the Bush Posse’s 2006 National Space Strategy, which basically said: “We’ll do whatever we want in space and we get to say who can come up here with us, and anyone who fucks with us is going to get a photon torpedo up his ass, Jimbo.”
I’m paraphrasing, of course. But you get the idea.
That’s not to say Obama is doing away with militarization of space altogether:
”The United States will employ a variety of measures to help assure the use of space for all responsible parties, and, consistent with the inherent right of self-defense, deter others from interference and attack, defend our space systems and contribute to the defense of allied spacesystems, and,” it reads, “if deterrence fails, defeat efforts to attack them.”
Still, it’s an improvement over declaring outer space the new Puerto Rico. And at least he’s given NASA something to do besides run a satellite repair service.
Plenty of space for everyone,
This is dF
