Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!sean From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.physics,net.space Subject: Re: ASAT Message-ID: <2249@ukma.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 20:22:29 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.2249 Posted: Sat Sep 28 20:22:29 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 00:43:36 EDT References: <1764@hao.UUCP> <652@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <595@petrus.UUCP> Reply-To: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Distribution: net Organization: The White Tower @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.rumor:1113 net.physics:3304 net.space:4582 In article <595@petrus.UUCP> karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) writes: >I'd like to suggest to the Pentagon that for their next ASAT test (I'm sure >that they won't consider just one test to be sufficient) they use Ronald >Reagan as their target. Clearly, HE has outlived HIS usefulness, and HE >will likely "die of old age" pretty soon anyway. Further, his brain is >already somewhere in outer space, so they'll save the launching costs >(but they may have some trouble finding something that small and far away >on radar). > >He's also so good at evading questions at press conferences that it should >be an excellent test of the ASAT weapon's maneuvering capabilities. Thank you for that intelligent discussion of Reagan's attributes. Why don't you send the Pentagon a letter discussing your plan that will no doubt be of tremendous value to our strategic initiative. It's good to see people on the net present discussions based on careful thought and scientific method. Keep up the good work. -- - Sean Casey UUCP: sean@ukma.UUCP or - Department of Mathematics {cbosgd,anlams,hasmed}!ukma!sean - University of Kentucky ARPA: ukma!sean@ANL-MCS.ARPA Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com