The REAL Star Wars
By Carl Austin Image courtesy flickr Today I haven’t come here to talk to you about a galaxy far, far away, but something a little closer to home. What I’m talking about is the real Star Wars, otherwise known as SDI, the Strategic Defense Initiative. Pet project of then President Ronald Reagan, it has been credited with everything from causing the fall of the Soviet Union to possibly being the Earth’s last best hope to defend itself from an alien invasion. While there have been a lot of half-truths and innuendos about the quest to create an orbital defense shield, I’m here to set the record straight.