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To: pcstel who wrote (25548)	5/12/2003 10:44:37 PM
From: Tahoetech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

you don't stalk people too, do you?...

To: pcstel who wrote (25548)	6/4/2003 1:08:42 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 29987

Kiwi preparing secret Globalstar launch [project disguised as cruise missile] brunei-online.com photo of Bruce test driving his system. He should combine that unit with the jet-powered beer cooler [I notice he has a tank of LPG in the back] and go into the supersonic jet transport business now that Concorde is stopping service. Tourism to the moon would be another valuable service. He could launch satellites while en route to the "Long Drive" golf range where golfers could hit balls almost into orbit; with no air, they'd go for miles. The challenge would be to hit the longest drive, maybe even into orbit. Tiger Woods could perhaps do it. We need one of the thread rocket scientists to do some Kepler calculating. Mqurice <AUCKLAND (AP) - Using hi-tech parts bought over the Internet, a New Zealand handyman says he is building a cruise missile in his garage and has a message for anyone who wants to do the same: You don't have to be a rocket scientist. Bruce Simpson says he's planning to give step-by-step instructions via a Web site on how to make the jet-powered missile, which he claims would be able to fly the 100 kilometres between his home and Auckland in less than 15 minutes, the New Zealand Herald newspaper reported Tuesday. The missile could carry a small warhead weighing 10 kilogrammes, and Simpson claimed the air force would have no way of stopping it. Simpson, 49, who works as an Internet site developer, said that his missile project, which he says will cost less than 5,000 New Zealand dollars (US$2,850), was intended to warn governments how easy it would be for terrorists to build one. "Obviously the goal of this web site is not to provide terrorists or other nefarious types with the plans for a working cruise missile but to prove the point that nations need to be prepared for this type of sophisticated attack from within their own borders," Simpson says on his web site. A police spokeswoman declined to comment on whether they were investigating Simpson's project, but said they were "now aware of the situation". "It's not something we recommend people try at home," spokeswoman Rebecca Holt told The Associated Press. Simpson said he's working toward a testing firing of the missile by mid-July. He expects to begin building the missile's body within days and has already built two prototype jet engines. He has approached the air force for permission to a carry out a test flight, and for them to oversee it. "It would be rather foolhardy to go ahead without some official involvement," he told The AP. The target for the test flight "depends entirely on the air force," and may be "a buoy out at sea," Simpson added. New Zealand's air force did not immediately comment. Former US Defence Department analyst and terrorism expert Paul Buchanan said Simpson may not be trying to encourage terrorism, but "might be facilitating it". If the missile worked, it would send a powerful message to authorities, he told the newspaper. "It might alert them as to how darn easy it is to assemble this stuff," said Buchanan, who lectures at Auckland University. Simpson told the newspaper that his Web site, entitled: "A DIY Cruise Missile - watch me build one for under NZ$5,000," had received 250,000 hits in two weeks. He said he was alarmed at the ease with which he'd bought from overseas web sites the parts needed to guide the missile, and import them into the country - passing local Customs with ease. "All this stuff is off the shelf," the Herald quoted him as saying. "It rang no alarm bells." "You don't have to be a rocket scientist," he was quoted as saying. The imported parts included a radio control transmitter and flight pack, global positioning gear, antennas and a flight control system. The web site allows the public to view pictures and prices of the components, but for more information users must pay a subscription, which Simpson says he plans to offer once the site is complete, to cover his costs. >