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From: DXANDY@WIDENER.BITNET
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA Funding
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Date: 16 Jan 90 23:43:21 GMT
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  Please excuse me if this topic has been discussed previously, or it falls
into the catagory of "too stupid to consider".

  Given the large amounts of media coverage generated by events such as a
Shuttle mission and the Neptune encounter, why doesn't NASA use these
opportunities to raise extra funds for its work.  If NASA were to enter the
world of advertising, if only in a small way, surely it would be able to
bring in several millions of dollars.  For example, if the ET were to act as
huge billboard, I am sure that a company such as Coca Cola would pay massive
amounts to have it painted like a giant Coke can.
  Although there would probably be some legal issues to be cleared up, I can
not think of any practical reasons why this could not happen.  After, for the
companies that might want to advertise, the Shuttle has to be a better bet
than Mike Tyson or Madonna.

Andy Greenshields [dxandy@widener.BITNET]