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From: clyde@ut-ngp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space,net.taxes
Subject: Re: SPACE STATION ALERT
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Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 18:53:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  7 18:53:26 1984
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> 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 
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