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Tue Mar 23 14:42:00 1982

MINSKY@MIT-AI 03/23/82 15:30:30
To: SPACE at MIT-AI

There is a context problem about a space-launch poll, surely.

I mean, I like launches a lot but, foo, I like fireworks too.
When John Q Public is asked if he gets excited about launches and, then,
if the Space Program is worth k x 10,000,000,000 dollars, part of his
mind just has to think you're asking if the fireworks budget is big enough!

Too bad we can't have more real space news.  If you catch your
poll sample after showing some knowledge that might bear on terraforming venus,
or on energy or manufacturing in space, or on protecting humanity from
poverty or disaster, that would be the time to ask what it is worth.