Military in Space: Audio links

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Democracy Now Radio:

President Bush called on Wednesday for a massive expansion of U.S. presence in space. He called for the establishment of a permanent base on the moon and for astronauts to travel to Mars and beyond. He said the ambitious project would eventually establish "a human presence across our solar system."

The Washington Post estimated the project will cost at least $170 billion over the next 16 years. The Pentagon and private companies will also collaborate with NASA on the venture. The final cost is unknown. President George H.W. Bush also proposed an ambitious expansion of the space program but the idea went nowhere in part because of the estimated $500 billion pricetag.

But now fiscal conservatives are expected to back this plan because it will expand U.S. military supremacy in space. It remains unclear what role the military will have on the Moon if a permanent base is created. The Pentagon has been discussing a military base as far back as 1959 when it proposed to put 150 rockets on the moon.

The Global Resource Action Center for the Environment warned on Wednesday that the Bush initiative "will create a new arms race to the heavens."
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/15/1717211


Also:

Flashpoints Radio: Advance recording to 23:58

The World is Not Enough: Karl Grossman, a professor at the State University of New York and Alice Slater, Director of the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) speak with Dennis about US plans to rule space and the trillions of dollars which will flow to the nuclear and defense industries in the process
http://www.kpfa.org/cgi-bin/gen-mpegurl.m3u?server=209.81.10.18&port=80&mount=/data/20040113-Tue1700.mp3


And:

01:00 To the Moon and Beyond! Bruce Gagnon, Director of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space provides perspective on the Bush Administration's corporate motives for spending hundreds of billions (and likely trillions) of taxpayer dollars on an expanded space program. Advancement of knowledge or foundation for corporate plunder? Scientific exploration or military domination?
http://www.kpfa.org/cgi-bin/gen-mpegurl.m3u?server=209.81.10.18&port=80&mount=/data/20040115-Thu1700.mp3

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1. What's the deal with this?

Why are they wanting to establish military supremacy in space? Are the little green men attacking?

Seriously though, I have never seen a President with his priorities so far out of whack! With so many people out of work, a sinking economy, and so many of our people dying overseas who need to come home, space travel should be the least of our worries!

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2. hope you have a chance to listen to all the programs

These are the leading critics of military space in the last decade or more, sharing their knowledge which gathered in an atmosphere of disbelief at the start of NASA's nuclear collaberation with the Pentagon. Important stuff that we may have missed in our critique of Bush's intentions in space.

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3. Anyone listening?

B-)