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Article #1958Buy Mir?
From: Scott Hazen Mueller
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1989 18:18
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1989 18:18
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1) The US space station is expected to cost, what, $14 billion? 2) The USSR is said to be bracing to face an especially hard winter this year. 3) US-USSR joint space missions are generally considered a "good idea". So, why not pay $5-7 billion and purchase a half share of Mir? The USSR gets hard currency with which to purchase supplies, we get use of a space station for half or less of the cost of building our own, and the technology- transfer-scare and military use types get to grind their teeth. :-) Ok, I know it sounds dumb. Flames will be discarded, but I'm interested in serious comments. -- Scott Hazen Mueller | scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG or (ames|pyramid|vsi1)!zorch!scott 10122 Amador Oak Ct.|(408) 253-6767 |Mail fusion-request@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG Cupertino, CA 95014|Love make, not more|for emailed sci.physics.fusion digests
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!apple!vsi1!zorch!scott From: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Buy Mir? Message-ID: <957@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: 1 Dec 89 18:18:12 GMT Reply-To: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller) Followup-To: sci.space Organization: SF Bay Public-Access Unix Lines: 17