Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!clyde From: clyde@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space,net.taxes Subject: Re: SPACE STATION ALERT Message-ID: <361@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 18:53:26 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.361 Posted: Wed Mar 7 18:53:26 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Mar-84 01:02:17 EST References: <2570@rabbit.UUCP> Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin Lines: 36 <> > To all U.S. taxpayers: There is a significant effort in the House Space > Science Subcommittee to cut funding for a space station by 50%. A > strong showing of public opposition to a space station is critical now, > just before Congress takes its first vote on the issue. The Administration > request for Fiscal 1985 space station definition studies is $150 > million. HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP STOP THIS WASTE OF MONEY: > 1. IMMEDIATELY CALL OR SEND A MAILGRAM to the following two > Congressmen, stating briefly in your own words that you oppose any > funding for a space station or increased funding for NASA: > (Posted in response to an opposing viewpoint on net.space. > Flames to /dev/null.) ***** No such luck, sucker! If this trash was supposed to be in sarcastic mode, you failed miserably. If this piece was SERIOUS, you are in even a deeper ditch. The building of a space station is long overdue. The U.S. should have built a space station YEARS ago. Going to the moon was fine, but a space station would have set us up for some serious space exploration. Each any and every penny spent on space exploration in general and a space station in particular is WELL worth it. Those who do not believe this are hopelessly stuck in the past (though there will always be those who are - the best we can hope is to prevent them from stopping us). What alternative do YOU suggest to building a space station? -- Clyde W. Hoover @ Univ. of Texas Computation Center; Austin, Texas (Shouter-To-Dead-Parrots) "The ennui is overpowering" - Marvin clyde@ut-ngp.{UUCP,ARPA} clyde@ut-sally.{UUCP,ARPA} ihnp4!ut-ngp!clyde