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  1. Xref: sparky sci.space:18697 talk.politics.space:1671
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  4. From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
  5. Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec29.181813.11510@unocal.com>
  7. Keywords: Flame retardants are needed.
  8. Sender: news@unocal.com (Unocal USENET News)
  9. Organization: Unocal Corporation
  10. References: <1992Dec22.232911.17212@cs.rochester.edu> <Bzt8Dw.Fzs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <C0163t.Mq4@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  11. Distribution: usa, world
  12. Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:18:13 GMT
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  14.  
  15. In a talk at Caltech earlier this month Carl Sagan that spin-off technology arguments
  16. are bogus.  "If you want have better cooking pans, then do R&D on kitchen products."
  17. (probably in reference to low friction materials coming out of the space program.)
  18.  
  19. Then too, any useful new technologies from NASA should be transfered to the commercial
  20. sector.
  21.