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From: bpendlet@esunix.UUCP (Bob Pendleton)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Civilians in space (Was Re: First concert from space--update)
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Date: 7 Apr 89 15:21:11 GMT
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From article <11002@bcsaic.UUCP>, by rwojcik@bcsaic.UUCP (Rick Wojcik):
> Only governments can
> afford to fund this kind of scientific research right now.

Our news feed has been out for about 2 weeks. So I'm coming in to this
discussion without a lot of context. What research are you talking
about? I'm not aware of any research that needs to be done on ways to
put people in orbit.

In general I think the US space program suffers from an illness of
wealth and bureaucracy. We do thing the most expensive way possible
because we can afford to and it serves the bueacracy to do so.

			Bob P.
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