“He who controls the weather will control the world” Vice President Johnson

“Control of space means control of the world” In his subcommittee’s detailed summary statement Johnson proclaimed that our very future depended on being the ones who first seized ownership of space. From space, the masters of infinity would have the power to control the earth’s weather, to cause drought and flood, to change the tides and raise the levels of the sea, to divert the gulf stream and change temperate climates to frigid. “It lays the predicate and foundation for the development of a weather satellite that will permit man to determine the world’s cloud layer and ultimately to control the weather; and he who controls the weather will control the world” Vice President Johnson’ speech at Southwest Texas State University (1962) “He who controls the weather will control the world” Vice President Johnson’ speech at Southwest Texas State University (1962)