| Original leak via xAI: https://grook.ai/share?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161 Quotes & citations: - Nature study on Mars being infeasible with Starship: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54012-0 - Gwynne Shotwell, asked whether SpaceX would launch offensive weapons into orbit, to which she answered, “If it’s for the defense of this country, yes, I think we would” https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/spacex-well-co... - U.S. government to develop space-based missile defense: https://www.science.org/content/article/decades-after-reagan... - Political speech on constructing a new Strategic Defense Initiative: "we will build a shield in space to protect our people from the unthinkable threat of nuclear weapons" https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-pla... - Shield overlayer "would put around 1,000 networked microsatellites in orbit that would serve as both sensors and communication relays, as well as platforms for launching interceptors." https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/time-new-missile-def... SHIELD overlayer |