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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.215553.19947@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <20DEC199222321742@judy.uh.edu> <1992Dec22.023353.10922@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <22DEC199214490402@judy.uh.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:55:53 GMT
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- In article <22DEC199214490402@judy.uh.edu> wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov writes:
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- >>I have read this many times in nasa releases and every time it struck a sour
- >>chord. [spinoffs]
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- >Ed this is not NASA propaganda but from the Wall Street Times somtime in 1989.
-
- So what? The same can be said for any research. A huge research program to
- genetically engineer human intestinal bacteria to make flatulence smell
- like spearmint would have a similar effect. Spinnoffs sells research in
- general, not space research.
-
- BTW, the Annenberg foundation did some focus group studies on the population
- attitudes to space. They found people totally unimpressed with the spin-
- off arguement. What DID strike a chord was the idea that they as individuals
- may be able to participate and even go. My own experience backs this up.
- We need to quit selling spinnoffs and sell space for all of us.
-
- Allen
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