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.