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From: riley@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Christian Riley)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: New BURAN launch date
Keywords: I heard 20 days
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Date: 6 Nov 88 05:58:37 GMT
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Reply-To: riley@beowulf.UCSD.EDU (Christian Riley)
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Of course they will choose a date to maximize the embarassment to the US. Thus
it will be a date that will both maximize exposure and embarass the 
President-elect.  It will show how clearly superior they are in space flight
and how little the Presidnet can do about it.  Even though both major 
candidates have expressed support of NASA, in my opinion, it is just campaign
politics. :(

Either the govt needs to support NASA 100% or get out of the way.

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Chris Riley
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