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- From: jac@ds8.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr)
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- Subject: Re: "What's New" July-24-1992
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- Date: 27 Jul 92 21:19:41 GMT
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- In article <MATT.92Jul26223915@physics2.berkeley.edu> matt@physics.berkeley.edu writes:
- >In article <JMC.92Jul26124213@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy) writes:
- >
- >> Did I misread, or did the physicists oppose the Space Station, rather
- >> than just say that, considered as science, it wasn't worth the money?
- >
- >My impression is that physicists are essentially unanimous in thinking
- >that the space station is worthless when considered as a scientific
- >project. There is no such consensus on whether or not it should be
- >built, however---that depends on the individual's political views ....
-
- Pretty accurate summary of the APS position. Once it became clear that
- microgravity work was compromised by vibration, interest fell, and then
- I think those plans were dropped from the station altogether in the
- latest review of the project.
-
- But this thread is starting to miss a key point in the report from "What's
- News" concerning opposition to the current space station plan: there
- were *75* _space_ scientists who wrote a letter in opposition.
-
- Many of those interested in exploring the universe are opposed to the
- latest plan for the space station because it will probably kill off
- major projects and delay others. I am told that it already has affected
- some of the space science projects funded by NASA, but that is all
- third-hand from me. Any of you sci.space folks out there?
-
- --
- J. A. Carr | "The New Frontier of which I
- jac@gw.scri.fsu.edu | speak is not a set of promises
- Florida State University B-186 | -- it is a set of challenges."
- Supercomputer Computations Research Institute | John F. Kennedy (15 July 60)
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