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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!mama!naylor
- From: naylor@research.canon.oz.au (William Naylor)
- Subject: Re: Private space ventures
- Message-ID: <Bt5JJ7.396@research.canon.oz.au>
- Sender: news@research.canon.oz.au
- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
- References: <1992Aug14.063842.2065@nntp.uoregon.edu> <1992Aug14.124053.21964@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:49:51 GMT
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- A private company called "Astrotech" has been trying to get
- into the space business (Astrotech is a public company; its stock
- trades on the American stock exchange in the USA).
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- 2 years ago they tried to convince NASA to sell them a space shuttle,
- which they would finance by a public share offering. NASA refused for
- various reasons.
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