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From: wjr@frog.UUCP (STella Calvert)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.space
Subject: Re: Inconsistency of some space program backers (Niven, Pournelle, et al.)
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Date: Tue, 1-Jul-86 19:51:54 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  1 19:51:54 1986
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In article <6150@elsie.UUCP> ado@elsie.UUCP writes:
>When just plain folks die for some stupid reason, certain space program backers
>(Niven, Pournelle, et al.) ask us to "Think of it as evolution in action."
>
>When astronauts die for some stupid reasons, we're asked to send money to the
>L-5 Society.

If we don't evolve from dependence on government-funded space
transport into a mature space industry, we'll die on this mudball.

And that, too, will be evolution in action.

				STella Calvert

			Love is the law, love under will!

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