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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: funding for Lunar Prospector urgently needed
- Message-ID: <BzqBEz.J26@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:25:46 GMT
- References: <n12cet@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <n12cet@ofa123.fidonet.org> David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
- >Again, the Lunar Resources Data Purchase Act will provide a solid funding base
- >for a resumption of lunar science flights.
-
- If it passes.
-
- >Congress didn't fund NASA's lunar
- >orbiters, because of the fear that a new start for SEI hardware would be an
- >implicit new start for a manned return to the Moon ...
- >... This new approach alleviates that concern...
-
- How? I don't think the details of how the data is obtained are going to
- make much difference. It's money for an important SEI precursor mission,
- no matter how you slice it.
- --
- "God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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