INSTEAD OF LAUGHING MISSILE DEFENSE OUT OF THE BUDGET, IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS

While the recent failure of another test of the Pentagon's missile-defense project has produced a number of jabs from editorial cartoonists, it should be pointed out that the system still has merit. It is a lack of attention to details that has been the problem -- a shortcoming that would have been disastrous in the manned space missions. It's time to buckle down and do it right...