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From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
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Subject: Re: LANDSAT TO BE SHUT OFF SOON--PLEASE WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN
Message-ID: <1989Mar11.122307.18100@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 89 17:23:07 GMT
References: <Feb.27.14.12.50.1989.7125@elbereth.rutgers.edu> <15560@cup.portal.com> <1376@atari.UUCP>
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In article <1376@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:

>Dan Quayle, of all people, seems to have found some money to keep
>Landsat going.  It was in the SF Chronicle of Tuesday, March 7, 1989.
>He didn't say where he got the money.  (VP Quayle is Chairman of some
>national space committee or other; others will know better than I.)

He got it from various government agencies that use Landsat data.  So
some customers are willing to pay for its operation.

	Paul F. Dietz
	dietz@cs.rochester.edu