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From: lmc@denelcor.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: SPACE STATION ALERT
Message-ID: <361@denelcor.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 21:42:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 20 21:42:18 1984
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I personally think that the government spending ratio (7.7G$ for space vs
350G$(?) for human needs) is *not* "about right"; it is grossly short-
sighted and dangerous financially, and furthermore most of the "human
needs" money does not help any of the people its designed to help in any
lasting way.  One last cheap shot - its draining the nation of its will and
spirit.  This country (indeed, the world) needs the frontier and the
promise of space to grow spiritually (if you can still believe in such)
as well as all the other ways mentioned above.

Spend on (at least for space), I say.
-- 
		Lyle McElhaney
		(hao,brl-bmd,nbires,csu-cs,scgvaxd)!denelcor!lmc