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From: jad@dayton.UUCP (J. Deters)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Space Station Strangles NASP
Summary: Military influence on NASA has been positive
Keywords: Military == Money
Message-ID: <6799@dayton.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 89 18:01:34 GMT
References: <539.252A3A3D@mamab.FIDONET.ORG>
Reply-To: jad@dayton.UUCP (J. Deters)
Organization: Terrapin Transit Authority
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In article <539.252A3A3D@mamab.FIDONET.ORG> Mike.Pompura@f49.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Pompura) writes:
>As soon as the military is seperated from NASA the better I will feel.
> 
>Remember what NASA was supposed to be?  A civilian space agency. 

Look at the 'political' side of the story.  The military has always
been at the top of the budget.  If NASA can suck up some military $$$,
in return for toting a few 'eyes in the skies', isn't the tradeoff
worth something to the 'civilian' or scientific communities?  Is there
no valuable research flowing into the civilian sector due to the
military presense?  I think NASA did what they had to do:  sell out
to stay alive.  NASA has not been 'politically' valuable since the
Apollo project landed on the moon.  Anything to get funding in the
door has been needed for 20 years now.

-j
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