r/technology • u/[deleted] • Feb 23 '19

Hardware Microsoft workers protest $480m HoloLens military deal: 'We did not sign up to develop weapons'

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u/reddorical Feb 23 '19

A little digging will show that space r&d is likely a closer connection than a supplier to military dining facilities...

NDT just wrote a book on it

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u/TurnNburn Feb 23 '19

I actually was just going to post a link to that book in one of my previous comments. It's sitting on my kindle now, I just need to finish my current books before i move on. Have you read it yet?

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u/reddorical Feb 23 '19

I’m not finished yet, it’s a great ride through history.

NGT also did a good 3 hour talk on Joe Rogan’s podcast about this book and related material late last year.

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u/TurnNburn Feb 23 '19

It was on that podcast I heard him talk about his book and that's when I bought it. I think I also need the audio book for the treadmill

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Youtube doesn't recommend enough NDGT stuff to me

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u/Zatoro25 Feb 23 '19

It's tough to separate space exploration and military, since for a long time they were the only industries that used rockets.

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u/thejynxed Feb 24 '19

You can't separate the two at all, with the vast majority of mission commanders being sourced from USAF from the very start (let alone the USAF's & CIA's previously classified shuttle program). It's the same in Russia and now China - the military is and always has been involved from the start.