<i>Original leak via xAI:</i> <a href="https://grook.ai/share?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161" rel="nofollow">https://grook.ai/share?id=e269e88a7b1a71eff4f176c864b30161</a><p>Quotes & citations:<p>- Nature study on Mars being infeasible with Starship: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54012-0" rel="nofollow">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54012-0</a><p>- Gwynne Shotwell, asked whether SpaceX would launch offensive weapons into orbit, to which she answered, <i>“If it’s for the defense of this country, yes, I think we would”</i> <a href="https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/spacex-well-consider-launching-space-weapons-if-asked/151328/" rel="nofollow">https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/09/spacex-well-co...</a><p>- U.S. government to develop space-based missile defense: <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/decades-after-reagan-s-star-wars-trump-calls-missile-defenses-would-blast-warheads-sky" rel="nofollow">https://www.science.org/content/article/decades-after-reagan...</a><p>- Political speech on constructing a new Strategic Defense Initiative: <i>"we will build a shield in space to protect our people from the unthinkable threat of nuclear weapons"</i> <a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-plans-plant-flag-28516928" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-pla...</a><p>- Shield overlayer <i>"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."</i> <a href="https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/time-new-missile-defense-review-and-space-based-missile-defense-overlayer#:~:text=1.%20A%20Space%2Dbased%20Overlayer" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/time-new-missile-def...</a> SHIELD overlayer