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From: desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins)
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Subject: Re: replacement orbiter = 2 weeks of California lottery
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 22:51:39 EST
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In article <8602010203.AA01808@s1-b.arpa> REM%IMSSS@SU-SCORE.ARPA writes:
>This past week the California lottery earned 1 billion dollars.
>That's half the replacement cost of the Challanger.
>California could divert two weeks of lottery money to buy California's
>own personal shuttle orbiter. (California would get a lot of that
>money back in jobs at Lockheed et al contractors that build the shuttle.)
>What say we propose that?
>
>

   I hate to speak up when I don't have proof, but this number is just too
absurd to be right.  I think the budget of the state of California is about
$4E10; according to this posting lottery revenues exceed the entire state
budget.  Another way of looking at it is as 25 $1 lottery tickets per
resident per week!
   Please think about what you're saying before you post something that is
clearly off by orders of magnitude...

   -- David desJardins