Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ucbvax!decvax!bellcore!petrus!karn From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: ASAT test Message-ID: <611@petrus.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 14:01:30 EDT Article-I.D.: petrus.611 Posted: Sun Sep 29 14:01:30 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 05:46:35 EDT References: <1@petrus.UUCP> <15800002@uiucdcsp> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 8 For those of you who would like to know why I am so outraged by Reagan's recent decision to test the ASAT, the arguments against ASAT testing are well expressed in the Scientific American article "Antisatellite Weapons", on pages 45-55 of the June 1984 issue. I cannot do the article justice by summarizing it here, so I strongly recommend that everyone interested in this topic read the article before continuing this discussion. Phil