Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!denelcor!lmc 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 Article-I.D.: denelcor.361 Posted: Tue Mar 20 21:42:18 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Mar-84 08:41:32 EST References: <182@ames-lm.UUCP> Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 13 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