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From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: L-5 Society
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Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 03:50:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 23 03:50:20 1985
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> I recently resigned my life membership in the L5 society.  They
> are somewhat effective as lobbyists (sp?).  The publication is
> boring.  But mostly I got fed up with their 'I hate the Russians'
> line.  Not that the Russian leadership is a bunch of nice guys, but
> they have made significant contributions to space development and
> the Russian people ARE nice guys.

Indeed, many L-5'ers see SDI as the ticket for moving people into space, and
that blinds them to its other consequences. It almost seems that to them,
ANY space project is automatically a GOOD space project.

Seems to me that Werner von Braun once had a problem like that.

Phil Karn
(L-5 society member, but wondering)