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From: mmm@weitek.UUCP (Mark Thorson)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: space station in serious danger
Message-ID: <363@weitek.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 18:36:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  5 18:36:44 1986
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Summary: Send letters? Where?

In article <1312@ames.UUCP>, al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) writes:
> The office of management and budget (OMB) wants NASA to cut next years
> space station budget to $100 million.  The budget is about $230 million
> this year and needs around $600-800 million next year to stay on track.
> If the budget is cut to the $100 million level, it will effectively
> kill the project.  Send your letters.
Send them where?  After reading last month's Sci. Amer., I feel inclined to
write.  $100 million spent is $100 million wasted.

Mark Thorson  (...!cae780!weitek!mmm)

ps Okay, maybe $80 or $90 million wasted.  It's hard to spend $100 million
   without coming up with something.