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From: jlg@lanl.ARPA (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: net.space,net.columbia
Subject: Re: Results of Poll about Joy Rides
Message-ID: <211@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 15:49:45 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 15:49:45 1986
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References: <268@birtch.UUCP> <526@kepler.UUCP>
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In article <526@kepler.UUCP> mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones) writes:
>In article <268@birtch.UUCP> ken@birtch.UUCP (Ken B) writes:
>>"The only problem real problem with what you propose is that one word:
>>lottery.  The US Government is not in an official position to do
>>something like that.
>
>The government had no qualms with having a lottery to choose draft
>priorities by birthdate.

The difference is that there are very few available positions as
astronauts and people really want to go into space.  The draft lottery
was employed to eliminate charges of bias in the selection process.

J. Giles
Los Alamos