Military proposes $20B power satellite to shorten logistical tail.

Points for Discussion:

1. Too bad this wasn't proposed in the seventies. Justification for a long-lasting commitment to building orbital infrastructure is just what the space program needed back then.

2. Is it better to have a semi-competent, underfunded, civilian space program, or a semi-competent, overfunded, military space program?

3. Isn't it neat to think that somewhere out there, somebody's "running a startup" with a nine-figure budget?