Obama seeks space weapons ban - Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman getting sad

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/uselection/2009/January/uselection_January277.xml§ion=uselection

Obama seeks space weapons ban but challenges loom(Reuters)

25 January 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's pledge to seek a worldwide ban on weapons in space marks a dramatic shift in U.S. policy while posing the tricky issue of defining whether a satellite can be a weapon.

Moments after Obama's inauguration last week, the White House website was updated to include policy statements on a range of issues, including a pledge to restore U.S. leadership on space issues and seek a worldwide ban on weapons that interfere with military and commercial satellites.

It also promised to look at threats to U.S. satellites, contingency plans to keep information flowing from them, and what steps are needed to protect spacecraft against attack.

The issue is being closely watched by Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman Corp, the biggest U.S. defense contractors, and other companies involved in military and civilian space contracts.

[tekisui]

1. knr!~

[truedelphi]

2. Excellent. Way to go, Mr President. n/t

[Shiver]

3. But... what about when the aliens attack?

[That Is Quite Enough]

5. Careful now, somebody might actually think that's a viable reason to not ban them.

[DJ13]

9. That reminds me of Reagan

"In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world"


Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, 42nd General Assembly

September 21, 1987

[rangersmith82]

4. Damn first its Semi Auto rifles now this...

There are no Chicago thugs in space to disarm....

Jeeze....

[whistle]

6. Wow, the very weapons which purportedly brought down the Twin Towers on 9/11

[barbtries]

7. i have 2 friends who work at northrop

but this whole idea of militarizing space is just a huge money drain in my opinion.

[Mister Ed]

8. We can find other work for those contractors. They should cheer up.

Obama has ambitious plans for rebuilding the U.S. Some of those plans will require the sort of capabilities these aerospace giants possess. There will be plenty of contracts to bid on.

[arcadian]

10. Now THERE is a way to cut the defense budget.

Hell yeah.

[Lint Head]

11. No weapons in space!

We need to start somewhere.:dem:

[L0oniX]

12. Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman ...our enemies.

Sociopath war monger corporations, extracting our taxes for blood like a giant mosquito.

[fascisthunter]

13. paranoids and psychos see a need for weaponry everywhere

even in fucking space... that ironic thing is they are the very people we all need to worry most about.

[EFerrari]

14. He's courting pushback from Nancy and Dianne because those guys own us here. n/t

[Mr Rabble]

15. This happens to be a very important issue

The truth is that militarization of space may be the single greatest threat to humanity. IT is total insanity and needs to be stopped and reversed.

I would suggest watching "Arsenal of Hypocrisy" on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TILB9DaMRt4

Bruce Gagnon is the guy responsible for getting information out about the true nature of the space program.