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- From: lafave@ial4.jsc.nasa.gov (Dr. Norman J. LaFave)
- Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space
- Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.154557.13290@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 15:45:57 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.181813.11510@unocal.com>
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- Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Company
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- In article <1992Dec29.181813.11510@unocal.com> Richard Ottolini,
- stgprao@st.unocal.COM writes:
- >In a talk at Caltech earlier this month Carl Sagan that spin-off
- technology arguments
- >are bogus. "If you want have better cooking pans, then do R&D on
- kitchen products."
- >(probably in reference to low friction materials coming out of the space
- program.)
- >
- >Then too, any useful new technologies from NASA should be transfered to
- the commercial
- >sector.
-
- Although I believe spin-off arguements to be secondary, I disagree with
- Sagan's
- logic. The most unexpected things come when you push the envelope and if
- they are beneficial the program discovering them should get credit.
-
- Norman
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- Dr. Norman J. LaFave
- Senior Engineer
- Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company
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- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter Thompson
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