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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by wonder_er on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:31AM (#24501199)
> Terrorists and Nuts would love nothing more than use a surface-to-air missile against a launch

Please reference: Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire[0]

The author argues that the US is creating the "terrorists and nuts" that the US is then protecting itself from.

If the US was not hyper-interventionist on the world stage, there would be almost no terrorist threat.

[0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40709.Blowback

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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by webmaven on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:14AM (#24502264)
> > Terrorists and Nuts would love nothing more than use a surface-to-air missile against a launch

> Please reference: Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire[0]

> The author argues that the US is creating the "terrorists and nuts" that the US is then protecting itself from.

I suspect that the terrorists and nuts most interested in firing a SAM at a NASA launch would be of the domestic varieties.

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Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie... by craftinator on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:31AM (#24501780)
It's really a fantastic business model, lots of synergy, very pro-growth!
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