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still_one

(92,243 posts) Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:48 PM Aug 2018

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So will "Space Force" be as successful as Reagan's Star Wars?

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So will "Space Force" be as successful as Reagan's Star Wars? (Original Post) still_one Aug 2018 OP

Won't be close in many important ways BootinUp Aug 2018 #1

It was the cost of reagan's boon doggle that I was thinking this would become, not unlike the this still_one Aug 2018 #3

No. One was an actual strategy, and the other is all about Trump's ego. Doodley Aug 2018 #2

Reagan's Star Wars was successful? shanny Aug 2018 #4

I was being sarcastic. It was complete failure, and a waste of money still_one Aug 2018 #6

whew shanny Aug 2018 #7

no problem. Sometimes it is hard to tell, and I will add the sarcastic label in the OP. Thanks still_one Aug 2018 #8

What ever that will increase Matthew28 Aug 2018 #5

BootinUp

(47,165 posts)

1. Won't be close in many important ways

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:51 PM

Aug 2018

1. Very little will ever be spent.
2. It won’t survive the Trump admin.
3. No one will discuss it seriously, ever.

still_one

(92,243 posts)

3. It was the cost of reagan's boon doggle that I was thinking this would become, not unlike the this

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:58 PM

Aug 2018

asinine wall he wants

Doodley

(9,095 posts)

2. No. One was an actual strategy, and the other is all about Trump's ego.

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:52 PM

Aug 2018

shanny

(6,709 posts)

4. Reagan's Star Wars was successful?

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:59 PM

Aug 2018

Who knew? That is, I'm sure Space Force will be just as successful...and short-lived.

still_one

(92,243 posts)

6. I was being sarcastic. It was complete failure, and a waste of money

Reply to shanny (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:02 PM

Aug 2018

shanny

(6,709 posts)

7. whew

Reply to still_one (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:04 PM

Aug 2018

sometimes I can't tell, and apparently some think it was...

still_one

(92,243 posts)

8. no problem. Sometimes it is hard to tell, and I will add the sarcastic label in the OP. Thanks

Reply to shanny (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:06 PM

Aug 2018

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)

5. What ever that will increase

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:02 PM

Aug 2018

funding for space exploration and allow for the advancement of humanity into space.

I support science! I vote based on it. Science and healthcare are my core issues.

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