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- From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
- Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <20DEC199222321742@judy.uh.edu> <1992Dec21.163942.17983@cs.rocheste <1992Dec22.023353.10922@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 06:34:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.023353.10922@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> gcoleman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (George Coleman) writes:
- >>for every dollar spent in space there is an estimated 7 dollar return in
- >> space spin offs.
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- >Maybe, just maybe private firms have a hard time marketing new advances but
- >with a 7/1 return they should be able to find a way.
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- The 7:1 return doesn't go to the agency which spent the money -- it goes to
- society in general. If NASA got a 7:1 return directly, we wouldn't be having
- so much trouble funding Space Station Freedom. :)
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- Mike
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