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From: lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,talk.politics.misc,misc.headlines,misc.misc
Subject: Re: First concert from space--update
Message-ID: <3436@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 10 Mar 89 17:27:22 GMT
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From article <10644@bcsaic.UUCP>, by rwojcik@bcsaic.UUCP (Rick Wojcik):

"...  Send the singers up
"later--when we really can justify the extravagance.  We are still trying to
"bootstrap our space program.

What's 'bootstrapping', Rick?  When you expend resources in such a way
as to gain more resources, right?  The space program will be voted
more money by congress when congressmen think it will make them
popular to do that.  Then the way to bootstrap is to spend on
public relations and promotion so that space begins to sound fun,
because that's what our citizens value.  You're a serious minded
person -- if most voters were like you, that wouldn't be an appropriate
strategy.  But arguing for more funds on the grounds that it will
increase the chance we will have colonies before we make our planet
unlivable, which we surely will sooner or later, is just not
going to work.  I would favor a strategy that works over one that
sounds high-minded.

		Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu