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- From: David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: lunar base/life-support
- X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan 3 1993
- Message-ID: <62510d13@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 09:57:02
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- AM> o.k., I'm not an aerospace engineer, just a biology major, but I
- AM>wondering what the outlook is, in the near future, for
- AM>establishing a lunar base.
- AM> It seems logical to me that before we start planning a
- AM>manned mission to Mars,
- AM>we ought to start planning a permanent base on the moon. Is NASA devo
- AM>time or resources toward this direction?
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- The outcome for a lunar base in your lifetime is pretty slim. Most folks
- just aren't interested in creating the political climate necessary
- for the powers that be to decide to spend money on lunar exploration
- and development. However, a small group of activists is working
- on legislation for the government to purchase lunar science data from
- the private sector that may be sufficient to discover water ice
- at the lunar poles. If ice is discovered, that may be sufficient
- impetus to move the government to further explore the moon.
-
- The legislation is called the Lunar Resources Data Purchase Act (A/k/a
- the Back to the Moon bill) and we could use your help in getting it
- passed through the 103rd Congress. Please E-mail me for more
- information!
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