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- From: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
- Subject: Re: Moon Dust For Sale
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.162900.14264@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Originator: kjenks@gothamcity
- Keywords: U.S. Government funding
- Sender: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
- Organization: NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
- References: <C03Bu0.Dv1@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Dec30.230213.4226@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1iaeeuINN7kq@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:29:00 GMT
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- In article <1iaeeuINN7kq@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn) writes:
- >
- >I think [selling moon rocks] is a GREAT idea and that NASA should
- >market MORE space items to help finance its budget. Whats [sic] the approx
- >cost per pound of moon rocks anyhow?
-
- NASA is part of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government. As such,
- it receives its funding from the U.S. Congress. Under the U.S. Code,
- NASA can't engage in this kind of fund-raising efforts, nor can it sell
- advertising on rockets, hold bake sales, or even accept volunteer labor
- from corporations (several of which have offered free services to the
- under-funded Space Exploration Initiative). NASA gets what funding
- Congress allows it and no more. And that funding is not enough to get
- us "back to the moon... this time to stay." If you have a problem with
- that, write your Congresscritter.
-
- -- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
- kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
-
- "...back to the moon, back to the future,
- and, this time, back to stay." -- George Bush
-