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From: bernie@watarts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: High cost of space
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Date: Tue, 26-Jul-83 15:47:11 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 26 15:47:11 1983
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I am basically in agreement with what's been said so far (i.e. reduce costs
rather than spend *lots* of money), and feel that the sooner private
individuals can become involved in the exploration and colonization of space,
the better.  The government (even efficient parts of it, like NASA) are not
very good at doing anything important; ideally, a little healthy competition
will bring down the cost of space travel the way it's brought down the cost
of computers, video games and all the various "toys" that surround us.
However, we are not yet at the point where small, private organizations can
afford to build their own space colonies; for the time being, government
support is an unfortunate necessity.
				--Bernie Roehl
				...decvax!watmath!watarts!bernie