From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!pdh@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: Re: Brazil in space, etc. Article-I.D.: hplabs.544 Posted: Sat Jul 17 06:57:22 1982 Received: Sun Jul 18 05:14:57 1982 The reaction to Brazil's announcing its space program was one of outrage, primarily because Brazil (unlike Japan) is governed by the military. I suspect that those who, for the sake of pure thought, threw national ties to the wind, and considered just the humanitarian aspect, were upset by the Brazilian move, no matter whose boosters they are using. Peter Henry