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lHi All - The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space is governed mainly by a UN Treaty
and
a General Assemby Resolution (below). I was an NGO delegate and
correspondent for the Guardian and a wire service at UNISPACE, the United
Nations Outer Space
Conference in Vienna in 1982. Guess who has blocked any meaningful teeth
in treaties and laws to outlaw the militarization of Outer Space? Answer:
The Government of the United States of America.
As the USA seems to be hijacking control of our spaceship Earth, who will
there be
to enforce the peaceful uses of Outer Space?
Conventional Thinking - Russia and China cut a deal to limit USA hegemony -
Yet Russia and China lack the Technology to limit USA militarization of Outer
Space.
Therefore, our hope lies in new paradigm thinking about the peaceful uses of
outer space. More commentary to come...........Alfred
UN Treaties
http://www.un.or.at/OOSA/treat/treat.html
The 1966 Treaty on the Principles Governing the Activities of States in the
Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the
Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (more commonly known as the "Outer Space
Treaty") provides that space exploration shall
be carried out for the benefit of all countries, irrespective of their degree
of development. It also seeks to maintain outer space
as the province for all mankind, free for exploration and use by all States
and not subject to national appropriation.
UN General Assembly Resolution
http://www.un.or.at/OOSA/ga/res1.html
Recognizing the common interest of mankind in outer space and recognizing
that it is the common aim that outer space should
be used for peaceful purposes only,
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Subj: RE: [MC] Space warz, anyone?
Date: 00-01-28 11:21:41 EST
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This news helps a lot of things to make sense to me.
I had wondered why there was so much constant news about NASA's inability to
get the funding, so often failing at their public projects due to funding
problems. It seemed obvious to me that this was all bull, that given the
militarization of space etc and its importance in world domination, NASA
would have all the money it needed, black-budget or otherwise, to do
anything the controllers deemed necessary.
But, I wondered, why this game of lack of funding?
Also obvious is the extreme secrecy and military agenda of NASA from very
early on, if not from the beginning, while pretending to be a public agency
concerned only with "science". Clearly an increasingly bulky and difficult
disguise to maintain. More and more, especially with the advent of the
internet and the cross-pollination this engendeers, this fascade was
cracking up. Soon it would be undeniable that the public has been tricked,
ripped off, vampiracly sucked dry, to unwittingly support an agenda of world
domination.
What I see now is that the ever-chiming news that "NASA can't afford to do
what the public wants" has been all along the tool for manifesting a public
acceptance of the idea that NASA become an official military agency where
"OF COURSE all their data is secret".
--- stv
-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 9:06 PM
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Cc: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space; Alex
Randall; carol rosin
Subject: [MC] Space warz, anyone?
Well, it looks like the DoD is crossing over into the forbidden zone,
merging
with a civilian agency and the entertainment industry. Isn't this a blatant
violation of a U.S. law? Alfred? Bruce? Carol? Is this a covert step toward
a
Star Wars joint venture? (See www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/index.htm)
And consider this curious quote at the end:
"I would warp people from different parts of the world into that room, like
a
Star Trek holodeck environment that could transport you anywhere. And then,
talking in natural language, you could literally do things in months that
would
otherwise take you years."
.... like blow up the world? What happens when a ritalin-Quake-crazed psycho
hacker gets his hands on a cool tool like this?
Army, NASA Merger Urged
by Michael Stroud
3:00 a.m. 27.Jan.2000 PST There's nothing like hard times to bring folks
together. Take, for example, NASA and the US Army.
NASA's botched missions to Mars have put it on Washington's short list for
budget cuts. And the Cold War has made Army spending another prime target.
That's why the two are pooling their resources to improve something they
both
do undeniably well: computer simulation.
Who, after all, but the Army can virtually fire a Howitzer? And who but NASA
can simulate a space station docking?
On Wednesday, the two government agencies announced plans to jointly develop
simulation technologies. They hope teamwork will make the Army a lighter
force
and help NASA build the International Space Station and launch future space
missions.
"Some of our failures with the station and the [space] program helped sell
the
[collaboration]," said Samuel Venneri, NASA's chief technologist, in an
interview. "People realized that we are at a limit of our capabilities."
Neither the Army nor NASA disclosed financial details about the
relationship.
The agreement follows on the heels of a 1999 announcement that the Army
would
fund an "Institute for Creative Technologies," affiliated with the
University
of Southern California, to explore common uses for simulation technologies
developed by both the entertainment industry and the Army.
Announcement of the NASA partnership coincided with a conference on the
Army's
Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements, and Training (SMART)
program.
The collaboration provides a way for the Army to train its troops to be
combat-ready more cost-effectively and with less risk, said Paul Hoeper,
assistant secretary of the Army for acquisitional logistics and technology.
"Training is dangerous. We need to make it more effective at all levels."
Hoeper wants Howitzer-firing simulators that look, sound, feel, and even
smell
like the real thing.
While simulations are getting better, they're not good enough. "If you have
a
very good imagination and withhold skepticism, you can imagine that you're
in
the vehicle," Hoeper said. "We need to work harder on the sense of balance,
the
passage of time, some of the emotional issues soldiers feel when they're
really
in combat. Years from now, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference."
If that conjures up bizarre images of virtual wars fought by virtual
warriors,
NASA's Venneri has an even more developed view of the kind of simulation he
hopes the partnership will achieve.
"In 20 years, I'd like to have people walk into a virtual room that would
engage all your senses, hearing, touch, and smell," Venneri said.
"I would warp people from different parts of the world into that room, like
a
Star Trek holodeck environment that could transport you anywhere. And then,
talking in natural language, you could literally do things in months that
would
otherwise take you years."
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