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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: is the Lunar Society real?
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- Date: 8 Jan 93 18:30:58 GMT
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- In <C0I044.3n0.1@cs.cmu.edu> rcs@cs.arizona.edu (Richard Schroeppel) writes:
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- >Randall Tyers <tyersome@toxic> writes
- >> Subject: Question:How Long Until Privately Funded Space Colonization
- > In response to this question, a group called the Lunar Society appears
- > to be interested funding space colonization. I would like to know
- > whether they are for real. Does anyone know if this group is
- > legitimate and whether they have any chance of reaching their stated
- > goals?
-
- Yes, the Lunar Society is real. It was founded a few years ago
- by Dr. Jerry Pournelle and others. Its purpose is to establish
- a colony on the Moon, financed by its members in much the same way
- the National Geographic Society used to finance various expeditions
- on Earth. They've been operating in a low-profile mode lately,
- because the things they're doing right now don't require much
- visibility.
-
- As to whether they have a chance of reaching their goals, yes --
- a chance. Beyond that, it's impossible to say. However, they
- have had some successes already. For example, they were one of
- the groups that persuaded Dan Quayle to launch the SSTO project.
-
-
- >I sent them a $25 check in August (enough to get the newsletter), and
- >haven't heard a peep from them. They haven't cashed the check though.
- >Perhaps they're just slow.
-
- Perhaps. They are deliberately operating on a very low (practically
- nonexistant) overhead. The opposite of the NASA/Gary Coffman approach.
- Of course, it's also possible that your check was eaten by the US Snail.
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