The dismal Washington summer din is mostly about Justice William Rehnquist's old memos and about sanctions against South Africa. None of this even starts to be as important as the question of what we are going to do in space. !
National security is no longer defined by nuclear warheads and aircraft carriers. The larger forces now shaping our globe are communications, the state of technology, economic vitality and the international respect all that creates. Weapons are secondary.
At the very heart of this concern lie our understanding of the heavens and our prowess in putting up satellites to probe and...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
