Protestors against Space Nuclear Power and Space Weapons

www.americanantigravity.com – Nuclear activists led by activist Bruce Gagnon picket the STAIF conference to raise awareness on the dangers of nuclear propulsion and the weaponization of space, which is rapidly becoming one of the new hot-button political issues of the 21st century. Bruce Gagnon and a sizeable group of protestors stood-vigil on the sidewalk outside the Albuquerque Hilton for the 4-day duration of the STAIF 2006 Conference, holding a variety of protest signs that they claim raise public awareness of the inherent dangers of nuclear technology in space. Gagnon himself represents the activist organization “Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space”, located in Brunswick, Maine. Other activists protesting with him came from a variety of locations around the United States, including several from the local Albuquerque area. The common theme raised by all of the protesters was a growing concern about the dangers of the nuclear materials used to power radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG’s) in satellites and robot probes, in addition to worries that the potential weaponization of space by the military might touch off a new cold-war arms race. This fear was heightened by the view that emerging space-programs in foreign nations such as China might feel pressured to compete with any attempts by the United States to deploy weapons in space. Space-weaponization concepts have recently made headlines with recently proposed military initiatives such

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