Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Thu Jan 31 03:15:11 CST 2013
These launches are not about the satellites, but about the launches. North Korea managed to beat South Korea into space. The North Korean launch was home-built, while the South Korean launch used technology borrowed from Russia -- not that it's a bad thing in itself, but either way, we now have a Korean Star Wars on our hands. Next thing, I predict, will be satellites from any number of "stans". Might one ask, "Why not feed your people?" But no. That has no traction in terms of headlines. -- Arthur