Apologies to the supporters of Trump’s Golden Dome, but the parallel with the old Star Wars of the Reagan’s era is hilariously strong, almost a perfect match. In some news I even saw exactly the same rhetoric. It is full of journalists claiming that it will trigger an arms race and lead to the militarisation of space, looks like nothing changed since then.

The Wikipedia page I linked about the Star Wars is quite optimistic. It emphasises the benefits obtained by the research it funded, but I am a bit sceptical, I suspect that those benefit are a bit overstated in comparison to the costs. One thing that I note is that the government could shoulder the costs because it was not so indebted as it is today. So, since it seems that they are going long the same way I wonder if it is known exactly how much money they wasted back then.