Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!mintaka!ogicse!sequent!muncher.sequent.com!szabo From: szabo@sequent.com Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Access to Space Message-ID: <1991Jun17.152849.11430@sequent.com> Date: 17 Jun 91 15:28:49 GMT References: <1991Jun8.071748.28566@sequent.com> <2980@ke4zv.UUCP> Sender: news@sequent.com (News on Muncher) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 21 In article <2980@ke4zv.UUCP> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes: >trying to kill NASA and US access to space. Astronaut access to space != US access to space. Your astronaut fetish is showing through. In fact we have a thriving communications industry which provides billions of people access to each other via space. We could also have a thriving space exploration and science program if the greedy astronaut programs were not soaking up the bulk of the funds. The Europeans have quite substantial access to space via Ariane and Giotto, et. al., with astronauts nowhere in sight. Also, I haven't heard of anybody trying to kill the Shuttle lately (except Allen Sherzer). -- Nick Szabo szabo@sequent.com Embrace Change... Keep the Values... Hold Dear the Laughter... These views are my own, and do not represent any organization.