From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Gail@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: Brazil in Space Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2052 Posted: Mon Jul 12 06:08:33 1982 Received: Tue Jul 13 05:24:20 1982 Date: 11 Jul 1982 2325-PDT From: Jim McGrathTo: space at MIT-MC cc: arms-d at MIT-MC That nation has announced that they will try to put a man in space on their own by the end of the decade. Since we plan on providing space for spacers of most other nationalities on the shuttle, their promise that the technology will be "used for peaceful purposes only" does not ring true with me. Indeed, why would they conceivably want to do something on their own if they can be dependent on us instead!