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- From: David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: LRDPA
- X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan 3 1993
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- Date: 11 Jan 93 09:47:52
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- Back to the Moon Bill to Be Unveiled in San Diego during January
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- San Diego L5, a chapter of the National Space Society, will
- publicly release a draft version of the Lunar Resources Data
- Purchase Act on Thursday, January 28 in Tierrasanta, San Diego.
- The event will begin at 7 pm at the Tierrasanta Public Library,
- located at 4985 La Cuenta Drive, and is open to the general
- public.
- This legislation, also known as the Back to the Moon bill,
- would authorize the U.S. government to purchase lunar science data
- from private vendors. This new cost-saving approach to
- exploration of the Moon would jump start the long dormant U.S.
- lunar program, and provide scientists with a more complete
- understanding of the potentially valuable mineral and elemental
- resources on the lunar surface.
- The Lunar Resources Data Purchase Act is planned to be
- introduced in the 103rd Congress, once comments on the draft
- bill to be released in January are considered.
- San Diego L5, founded in 1982, promotes the development and
- exploration of space through public education, communication
- with other special interest groups, and political activity. San
- Diego L5 played a major role in the enactment of the Launch
- Services Purchase Act, a Federal law that prohibits NASA from
- launching most space satellites.
- For more information, please contact Gregory Nemitz, San
- Diego L5 Publicity Coordinator, at 619/295-3690.
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