NASA has announced that they are keeping the space shuttle launch times secret until 24 hours in advance to guard against possible terrorist attack.
The U.S. Air Force has issued a warning that they are ready to use 'deadly force' to protect the Kennedy Space Center, indicating the seriousness with which the military is taking the terrorist threat to the U.S. Space Program.
NASA should put its research muscle behind the effort to counter terrorism, a leading aerospace industry support group advocates. But some experts caution that expanding military budgets may usurp and derail the civilian space agency’s own agenda.
James Pinkerton argues that humanity should expand outward into space to avoid annhilation by terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction.