Space Technology

Star Wars, Star Trek, and Battle Star Galactica were once considered science fiction. However, the way that things are going now it looks like the world's militaries are moving into space, and wish to use their technologies to battle their enemies. The future of space wars will soon be upon us. Many science fiction writers have written about this, but now with laser systems, satellite killing missiles, and the advancement of space programs, it would be almost impossible to stop.

If this is a topic that scares the hell out of you, join the club. However, we shouldn't hide our heads in the sand, as this is something we must discuss. If you'd like to discuss this topic and think about it, then I'd like to recommend a very good book to you, it will definitely give you a little bit of background and history of how we got to where we are today. This is a book that I personally own, and one I'd like to recommend to you, the name of the book is;

"War in Space" by James Canan 1982

This book takes us through the Cold War including; the Missile Gap, SALT I and SALT II, and Apollo, the SOYUZ test Project, as well as the invention of the ICBM missile, the subsequent scares, and Skylab. It explains the Cold War days with submarines with Polaris missiles, and a land-based MX missile system.

He describes future man-made lightning and lasers, which we now see have been created by United States scientists in the military-industrial complex. And he talks about charged particle beams, directed energy, and lasers; one shot one kill. There are chapters on the The 1978 Deuterum Floride Laser, "TALON GOLD" Project, "Lasers in space" initiatives, PAVE PAWS project, and the space track project.

He describes the RASV reusable aerospace vehicle. He also tells how the Russians encoded data from their space program. He explains the "SEESAW" project. Apparently, the author's summation of things to come, were right on target. FYI; Today we have Chinese shooting down satellites and some of their generals stating "of course, we are going to have to put weapons in space to protect our country." Yah, what else will they be used for? Please consider all this.

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes a strong national defense.