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- From: roberts@CMR.NCSL.NIST.GOV (John Roberts)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Space position
- Message-ID: <9207280234.AA24771@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 02:34:35 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- formerly National Bureau of Standards
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- -From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- -Subject: Re: Space position
- -Date: 27 Jul 92 12:25:25 GMT
-
- ->As opposed to the current thriving SEI program? :-)
-
- -There is a BIG difference between an administration pushing the program
- -and looking for ways to fund it and one willing to let it die a quiet
- -death.
-
- Good point. Expressing general support for SEI is good, but it has to be
- followed up by actual support after the election.
-
- ->(It's my own opinion that starting actual manned Mars exploration / lunar
- ->colonization right now, with current hardware, would be a mistake...
-
- -Why? IMHO most of what we will need we won't develop until we get there.
- -The Russians have the best EVA gloves available. They have them because
- -they needeed them.
-
- I was referring to the "$400 billion" proposal. The price *has* to come down
- before an actual manned flight is attempted. My general feeling is that
- at $50-100 billion, it would start to look realistic. Something like Great
- Exploration might do it.
-
- ->Personally, I hope space is a nonissue in the upcoming election. With such
- ->a close similarity of platform positions, that might turn out to be the case.
-
- -I doubt space will be an issue. But that isn't a good thing.
-
- I suspect a major portion of the campaign will be on what can be sacrificed
- to help balance the budget. Since I consider the space program to be pretty
- heavily cut back already, I hope the discussion will be elsewhere. :-)
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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