Dear Friends, Please read and forward this important press release on to other networkers and media contacts. Thank you very much! Sincerely yours, Jerry Lynn, PR Assistant, TPG  Tetrahedron Publishing Group Health Science Communications for People Around the World 206 North 4th Avenue, Suite 147 Sandpoint, ID 83864 ۰ FAX:  NEWS RELEASE   Release: No. DITA-176 Date Mailed: March 12, 2002 For Immediate Release Contact: Jerry Lynn-208/265-2575; 888/508-4787 Opposition to "Star Wars" Program Mounts: "Space Preservation Act of 2002" Gains Support on Capitol Hill and Grassroots Sandpoint, ID - Opposition is mounting on Capitol Hill, and in the grassroots, to the costly and risky Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), better known as "Star Wars"-a cornerstone of the Bush administration's military mindset. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has advanced legislation that targets the SDI, alternatively called National Missile Defense (NMD), in response to public health and safety concerns. The new bill, the "Space Preservation Act of 2002" (H.R. 3616), proposes to ban space-based weapons and terminate "research, development, testing, manufacturing, production and deployment of all space-based weapons of the United States." The term "space-based weapon" is defined as "a device capable of damaging or destroying an object or person (whether in outer space, in the atmosphere, or on earth) . . ." including firing projectiles, detonating explosives, or directing energy sources at objects or people. Thus far, according to Dr. Carol Rosin, President of the Institute for Cooperation in Space, most of the world's nations are on record as wanting to ban space-based weapons. On November 29, 2001, the U.N. General Assembly approved by 156-0 votes the basis for a treaty establishing a permanent ban on space-based weapons (Resolution 56/535). Grass roots activism is spreading rapidly in support of this bill according to Dr. Rosin, who Military Space reported was "the original political architect of the move to stop the SDI and ASATs (anti-satellite weapons)." Two decades of experience as a government watchdog and policy analyst in this field has taught her this bill may be "critical for assuring the public's health and safety." "The weaponization of space will be prevented with passing H.R. 3616, and the compatible Space Preservation Treaty. We can then safely establish a world cooperative space R&D program for health, education, security and economic growth based on space exploration, space habitation, space hospitals, space industry and commerce," Dr. Rosin said. "Even space schools, labs, farms, hotels and resorts in space are being planned for the near future."  Many scientists and space industrialists advocate passage of H.R. 3616, for example, to facilitate research and development. For example, many health scientists believe new healing techniques might be developed in zero gravity. Others advocate space developments in pursuit of safer and cleaner technologies used to solve urgent human problems including worsening environmental pollution. The pending legislation, H.R. 3616, calls for a ban on all space-based weapons. The broadly defined term "weapons" in the definition section of an earlier version of the legislation as introduced into the Congressional Record included-"(i) electronic, psychotronic, or information weapons;(ii) chemtrails; (iii) high altitude ultra low frequency weapons systems; (iv) plasma, electromagnetic, sonic, or ultrasonic weapons; (v) laser weapons systems; (vi) strategic, theater, tactical, or extraterrestrial weapons; and (vii) chemical, biological, environmental, climate, or tectonic weapons." H.R. 3616 maintains the clear intent to ban all space-based weapons, no matter what they may be. Reflecting growing grassroots concern, one small press has donated $30,000 worth of books entitled "Death in the Air: Globalism, Terrorism and Toxic Warfare" (ISBN: ) to members of Congress and American libraries in support of the bill. The book, written by Harvard-trained health science investigator, Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz, discusses the risks posed by the SDI and failure to pass H.R. 3616. (See http://www.deathintheair.com/reviews.html.) While supplies last, in an effort to "increase awareness and informed decision- making,"Tetrahedron Publishing Group (www.tetrahedron.org; ) is mailing more than 1,000 free copies of the 525-page hardcover to congressional members and acquisition librarians who wish to claim their free books. Dr. Horowitz believes that H.R. 3616, "holds the power to free or enslave humanity" depending on how the bill is voted upon. "We need to safeguard against the use of all space-based weapons," Dr. Horowitz said. "This legislation, and the compatible global 'Space Preservation Treaty,' will ban all 'space-based weapons' and this is a vitally important step needed to protect everyone." At a time when Bush administration officials are secretly planning to expand nuclear and space-based weapons strategies against nations on their hit list, activists say the importance of this bill is unsurpassed by anything ever considered. -end - Note to journalists: For more information on this subject, review copies of Dr. Horowitz's books, or interviews with Dr. Horowitz, please call Jerry Lynn at . To contact Dr. Carol Rosin, call .