Fearmongering for Fun and Profit
Come on! Space terrorists???. Let’s analyze the last few terrorist attacks shall we? Let’s start with 9/11. They bought plane tickets, got flight training, and had box cutters. All in all, low rent. Subway bombings? Homemade explosives. Then there was the husband-wife duo who’s gear was so crappy that the wife’s bomb didn’t even go off.
I’m not suggesting there is no such thing as terrorism, but the term has become so widely used to pad budgets with grant money, we are making ourselves MORE vulnerable to terrorism. Instead of paying attention to real threats, we are going to be goosing millionaires to see if they have bombs before they board a space shuttle. How about we focus on the real threat?
