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From: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: is the American Space Foundation worthwhile?
Message-ID: <158@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-May-84 12:24:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 21 12:24:48 1984
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[non-violent bug-catcher]
21 May 1984

     I received a similar mailing about a year ago, when they were just
getting started.  Since I have been involved with space activism for years
and had never heard of the ASF, I gave them a call and talked to someone
in thier office for a while.
     They started in November of 1982.  Their membership has been gotten
almost entirely from mass mailings such as you and I recieved.  Astronauts
have lent their names to the mailings but are not directly involved in the
operation.  The organization says they intend to be lobbyists for space in
Washington, D.C.
     Other space organizations have different aims.  The L-5 Society promotes
space development of all kinds, is non-profit, and works by educating the
public.  The Planetary Society supports research and exploration of the
Solar System, and uses soe of its money directly for funding research.

Dani Eder / Boeing Aerospace Company / ssc-vax!eder