The interesting thing is that the Brilliant Pebbles Program that was developed during his Stars Wars initiative was proven operationally highly effective and quite cost effective. As Buzz Aldrin advocated it would have locked up space flight for the USA and any one wanting to go up would have needed our permission. Now, without it, we’re looking at a new Cold War. Welcome to the 1950’s – 1980’s. I just hope we have the money to out-spend them like we did before in this new world of extreme debt.
The interesting thing is that the Brilliant Pebbles Program that was developed during his Stars Wars initiative was proven operationally highly effective and quite cost effective. As Buzz Aldrin advocated it would have locked up space flight for the USA and any one wanting to go up would have needed our permission. Now, without it, we’re looking at a new Cold War. Welcome to the 1950’s – 1980’s. I just hope we have the money to out-spend them like we did before in this new world of extreme debt.