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Reagan's Failed Attempt to Put Lasers in Space
Angry Planet
The Reagan Administration's Vision for a Space Defense System
It was Larry Niven who's best known for Ringworld and he was on the Citizens Advisory Council on National Space Policy. I'm a big Larry Niven fan. I did not know that he was involved in Star Wars. I'll dig up the interview and put it in the show notes for people. That's great. I also recommend a Moten God's Eye, which you wrote with Jerry Pournell as well. Yeah. But that is fine. How was the speech received? Did anybody think this was a good idea at the time? Some people did. Oh, absolutely.
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