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

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