From: utzoo!decvax!cca!csin!cjh@CCA-UNIX@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: Re Proxmire [political opposition to space programs]
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1957
Posted: Tue Jun 29 10:39:16 1982
Received: Wed Jun 30 01:40:03 1982

   As I understand it, Proxmire was once burned by being on the other end
of the sort of [investigation]s he now pulls off and getting severely
condemned for being on the side of wastefulness. It's a real pity he
doesn't concentrate so much on the big money-wasters---but then, that
would take work and wouldn't produce such spectacular results. I don't
know how much longer he'll last, though, since he seems to be getting
people from all parts of the political spectrum annoyed with his clowning.

   It should also be noted that, as far as "demonstrated interest" goes,
it will be interesting to see what happens in about 5 years, when the
shuttle's rates are expected to triple ($30 million -> $90 million for
sole use of a flight, roughly). It would also be interesting to see
what would happen at $30 million (?) per flight if the military weren't
taking up something over half of them.