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Subject: Re: SPACE Digest V4 #141
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Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 10:58:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 16 10:58:00 1984
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	A further comment with respect to the possible military use  of
of the proposed space station.  If NASA is sucessful in forming a partner-
ship with the ESA, the station cannot be used for military purposes because
the charter of the ESA only permits the development of missions that are
civilian, thus peaceful, and if possible profitable. NASA may have been born
out of a military womb in the middle of the Cold War, and the shuttle may
have been delayed because of military requirements ( -aside from the well
known materials problems), but the space station is one chance to maintain
a peaceful course in the near earth environment, maybe with some profit
on the side!