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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!charnel!rat!usc!cs.utexas.edu!hermes.chpc.utexas.edu!news.utdallas.edu!convex!ewright
  2. From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.space
  4. Subject: Re: SEI
  5. Message-ID: <ewright.726360427@convex.convex.com>
  6. Date: 6 Jan 93 22:47:07 GMT
  7. References: <C0F4Gx.1I8.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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  16.  
  17. In <C0F4Gx.1I8.1@cs.cmu.edu> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) writes:
  18.  
  19. >That's because SEI didn't sell, largely because of the projected 
  20. >horrendous cost (~$400 billion, if I recall correctly). 
  21.  
  22. I don't think the cost was a major factor.  Lawrence Livermore's
  23. $10-billion program didn't sell, either.  Besides, politicians
  24. *like* spending money like drunken sailors. :-)
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