out of the blue

Well, it looks the the United States is grabbing ahold of its destiny yet again. Bush already backed out of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty (in 2002), which forbid space weapons, and now he's looking to spend billions for defenseive, not to mention offensive measures. "Published studies by leading weapons scientists, physicists and engineers say the cost of a space-based system that could defend the nation against an attack by a handful of missiles could be anywhere from $220 billion to $1 trillion."

The cost is only one factor. The long-term detriment would surely be more expensive to the united States, and also to mankind as a whole. By opening up space to our own military programs (in spite of the policy made specifically to define space as a pacific zone), we open it up to everyone. How long will it be before other countries, threatened by the United States' arms program, start trying to find ways to counter us? Won't it simply become another arms race? The results of every country in the world looking for better ways to destroy each other would be catastrophic to the development of the world. But the US has never cared much for that, have they?

"Space superiority is not our birthright, but it is our destiny. Space superiority is our day-to-day mission. Space supremacy is our vision for the future," says General Lord, leader of the Air Force Space Command. He also states that "establishing and maintaining superiority" is, simply put, the "American way of fighting."

I'm afraid.