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From: mae@weitek.UUCP (Mike Ekberg)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Funding wars
Message-ID: <167@weitek.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-May-85 17:58:56 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 17:58:56 1985
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Summary: Dr. James A. Van Allen in favor of unmanned expeditions

In article <1662@mordor.UUCP>, bnw%Nosc@crash.UUCP writes:
>  
>      This is all new to me, so I'd appreciate a clearer idea as to whom the
> principal players referred to are, and what projects are pushed by Dr. Sagan
> and company in preference to the space station project.  Do these other
> projects lack validity?

As an aside, Dr. James A. Van Allen(yes, the discover of the radiation belts
around the Earth) seemed to lament the current emphasis on manned space
endeavors. He seemed tp prefer the cheaper, un-manned space probes. This
appeared in either the 5-MAY-85 or 28-AP-85 San Fransisco Examiner/Chronicle.
The article it appeared in was mostly a nebulous discussion of the pros and 
cons of a manned Moon Base. Dr. Van Allen was not explicitly quoted.

Mike Ekberg