Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!watmath!grwalter
From: grwalter@watmath.waterloo.edu (Fred Walter)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Space Quest, Re: space news from June 19 AW&ST...
Message-ID: <27875@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 21 Jul 89 14:00:42 GMT
References: <1989Jul21.031420.1292@utzoo.uucp> <20134@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: grwalter@watmath.waterloo.edu (Fred Walter)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
Lines: 26

In article <20134@louie.udel.EDU> pezely@udel.EDU (Daniel Pezely) writes:
>Well, space is important to me and many people I know.  This fall I was
>planning on organizing everyone that I could possibly find and form The
>Space Quest Foundation.  
>
>I would like to approach all of the space contractors with a proposal.
>Most companies are formed as profit making institutions.  With that in
>mind, why don't we form an alternative space administration which is
>OWNED by the space contractors?

I don't see what benefit the space contractors would get out of it. They'd
be giving up something (whatever they gave you); in return they'd get more
people telling them what to do - people who don't have any money to pay
for putting payloads in space.

>There's a lot that needs to be done.  Anyone interested?  Here's a chance 
>to actually do something.  If you don't try, then you wont succeed.  Send
>me mail if you're interested and determined to do something.

I'm interested in doing something, but I don't see the above ever happening.
No company interested in turning a profit will give up something just to get
more administration. If I've misinterpreted something, please let me know.

However, the above does give me some ideas...

	fred