From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Jim@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: Re: Re Proxmire [political opposition to space programs] Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1995 Posted: Thu Jul 1 19:46:23 1982 Received: Fri Jul 2 01:45:15 1982 The military is NOT paying $30 million - they are paying in the high teens. I am sure they would need about the same volume if the price was $30 milllion, so this is essentially a gift of NASA funds to the military. I have no doubts at all that the shuttle will do well. Hell, having five years of paying customers in advance is simply OVERKILL. They SHOULD raise prices to decrease demand, since clearly they have the market they need to support the increases. Jim -------