Aucbvax.1468 fa.arms-d utzoo!duke!mhtsa!ucbvax!mike@RAND-UNIX Sun May 31 23:10:05 1981 ATTENTION ALL SPACE CADETS!!!! PREPARE YOUR ROCKETS! >From Aviation Week, May 25, 1981 Page 40: Serious consideration within the Defense Dept. and Congress of establishment of a new branch of the armed services for space warfare, probably Space Command. The reasoning is that the Air Force and Navy are seeking to avoid developing space weaponry for defense and that any effort in this area takes away from total obligational authority for other planned strategic weapon systems. ... The article, "Beam Weapons Technology Expanding" goes on to mention, several times, about white house concern that the Pentagon branches are hindering development of space technology, as it is not in their traditional mission areas. (Most famous example, the Navy's effort to delay and destroy air power, Billy Mitchell, et alia). The implication is that a special service will support and not hinder development of a new form of defense. If a Space Command, perhaps also a Space Academy? Michael Wahrman ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.