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"Control of space means control of the world. From space, the masters of infinity

would have the power to control the earth's weather, to cause drought and flood,

to change the tides and raise the levels of the sea, to divert the gulf stream and

change temperate climates to frigid. There is something more important than the

ultimate weapon. And that's the ultimate position. The position of total control

over the Earth that lies somewhere in outer space."

-President Lyndon Johnson, Statement on Status of Nation's Defense and Race for

Space, January 7, 1958