Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gummo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!harpo!gummo!ber From: ber@gummo.UUCP (ber) Newsgroups: mod.ber Subject: net.space Message-ID: <1048@gummo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-May-84 23:50:54 EDT Article-I.D.: gummo.1048 Posted: Tue May 1 23:50:54 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 2-May-84 11:59:15 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany Lines: 17 Approved: ber@gummo.UUCP NET.SPACE, as compiled from the last week's of news. - Walt Pesch (ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch) o Article, half between net.astro and here, discussed the "Big Bang" theory, and the question of where the Big Bang took place. o Gossip concerning Von Braun and his forcing the redesign of the shuttle into more single-use components such as the fuel tanks. o Yes, folks, believe it or not, the readers of net.space favor the construction of a space station 73 to 2. (My vote makes it 74 to 2.) o Also seen were defenses of the space program and the positive effects that it has had upon life on Earth, including the Third World. o Lastly discussed would be the use of the material used for Shuttle Tiles to diffuse heat.