[SpaceProgram] Article: US Military Wants Space Zombies to Feed on Dead Satellites

[Paul Szymkowiak]

Fair call David: I agree.

To clarify, I'm less worried about being ridiculed, and more worried about
the loss of ongoing funding/ sponsors for the HSP program that could result
from a significant negative public opinion/ perception.


Paul


On 13 July 2012 10:00, David <ainut at hiwaay.net> wrote:

>  I, for one, don't care about being mocked and ridiculed as long as the
> important jobs get done (when possible.)
>
> David M.
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> Paul Szymkowiak wrote:
>
> Agreed. I like it.
>
>  Reading the associated links, it gave me these gems:
>
>  "The Government Is Broke Because It Takes These Idiotic Flying Cars
> Seriously"
> "It's easy to just mock and dismiss something this loony—but Darpa has a
> budget of $3 billion. That's $3 billion of our dollars. And part of those
> $3 billion are being spent to take this seriously, giving Boeing and AAI a
> chance to compete in this clown college food fight of a design competition.
> "
>
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> http://gizmodo.com/5853290/the-government-is-broke-because-it-takes-these-idiotic-flying-cars-seriously
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>  Just highlighted for me for me that we might need to be diligent about
> how we spend the DARPA grant funds, and the projects we support with
> funding: otherwise we'll have the joyous experience of being mocked and
> ridiculed in the press.
>
>
>  Paul
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> On 13 July 2012 08:12, Alex <alexcg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  Interesting idea, and DARPA involved too
>>
>> *US Military Wants Space Zombies to Feed on Dead Satellites*
>> http://gizmodo.com/5925522/
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>> (Sent from Flipboard <http://flipboard.com>)
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