Star Wars

The Bush administration's new outer space policy? = All your base are belong to us.

Washington Post: Bush Sets Defense As Space Priority-
U.S. Says Shift Is Not A Step Toward Arms; Experts Say It Could Be

President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects future arms-control agreements that might limit U.S. flexibility in space and asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests."

The document, the first full revision of overall space policy in 10 years, emphasizes security issues, encourages private enterprise in space, and characterizes the role of U.S. space diplomacy largely in terms of persuading other nations to support U.S. policy...

..."The Clinton policy opened the door to developing space weapons, but that administration never did anything about it," Krepon said. "The Bush policy now goes further."...

I am glad our governments continue to waste money on projects like this. Poor people would've just blown that money on food and shelter, anyway.