Stando a Jerry Pournelle il discorso sullo stato dell'unione, di George Dabeliu Bush, ha posto le basi per la conquista del sistema solare.
And we are deploying Strategic Defense: a policy that Possony, Pournelle, and Graham set in motion over twenty years ago. Once we begin down that path it is hard to stop: and since Strategic Defense requires that we dominate space, and space dominance requires routine access to space, that is another road worth traveling. And it leads inevitably to the Moon and the planets. If we build solar power satellites we will have a Moon Colony built on third shifts and weekends; and from there to the planets, and thence to the stars.
Insomma, per arrivare alle stelle bisogna passare da Baghdad. Non era meglio prendere il volo diretto?
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