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From: fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, 231-4108)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: NASA Lottery
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 09:24:51 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 09:24:51 1984
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>  One suggestion I have heard is for NASA to hold a semi-expensive
>  lottery for a seat on the shuttle...

One problem I could see is the US Postal Service regulations prohibit lottery
solicitation through the mail.  (That is why everything that you DO see which
uses the mail, but smacks of lottery, always says somewhere "No purchase
required".)

That means that NASA would have to set up some gigantic network of retail sales
outlets.  A lot of expense for a one-shot deal, and I suspect that a lot of
states would be up in arms if NASA started doing it on a regular basis.

Also, how many people, honestly, WANT a ride on the shuttle?  I certainly do,
but I know a lot of non-idiot, non-proxmirish people who support the space
program, but would not want a ride.

Burns

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