Budgeting for Space Weapons, A National Illness

The Pentagon is asking Congress for hundreds of millions of dollars to test weapons in space.
I can't get a good read on the dollar figure from the article, however, "Specialists believe the classified portion of the $439 billion budget, blacked out for national security reasons, almost certainly includes other space-related programs", and, "out of $48 billion planned for missile defense over the next five years, just $570 million will fund space-related activities."

"We just want to do some experiments" on weapons technology in space

.
Yeah, sure, why not? Recall that the NASA Budget Diverted Funds From Science to Spaceships yet "the Pentagon just wants to do some experiments on weapons technology". Things stopped making sense to me a little over 5 years ago all I can hear is Military-Industrial-Complex conducting experiments in my ears. posted by Cyndy | link | | |
Home