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- From: David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: LEI financing
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 23:33:22
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- Henry, based on past performance, I would agree that the chances of passage of
- the Lunar Resources Data Purchase Act were low. However, several things have
- occurred this year that make it a better chance than in the past:
-
- Daniel Goldin. Under his administration, NASA is saying and doing things that
- would have been hard to imagine years ago. Their Procurement office is talking
- about not only purchasing lunar, but also Martian, data as well. It is
- possible that the LRDPA (what an acronym) may become obsolete next year, as
- NASA may decide, through the President, to request funding for purchase of
- lunar data.
-
-
- Congress. This organization did pass the Launch Services Purchase Act, and did
- extend it last year in certain areas. There is interest in the right places
- for this type of legislative initiative.
-
- I wouldn't say that passage of the Back to the Moon bill is a snap, but I will
- say that the enemy of the Bill is not NASA, the Congress, or the lunar science
- community - the enemy is apathy.
-
- --- Maximus 2.01wb
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