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In article <1989Jul21.031420.1292@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> ...
>YOUR CHOICE
>-----------
>		...		Is space *important* to you?  Does it
>matter enough to spend, say, one whole hour a week doing something to
>slightly increase your chances of getting up there someday?  *DOING*
>something, mind you, not reading a book or scanning Usenet or something
>else quiet and easy and pleasant, but going out and taking trouble and
>making an effort and spending time that could be more enjoyably spent
>on something else?  One hour out of a hundred?
>
>Then why haven't you done it lately?
>-- 
>1961-1969: 8 years of Apollo.  |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
>1969-1989: 20 years of nothing.| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu

Well, space is important to me and many people I know.  This fall I was
planning on organizing everyone that I could possibly find and form The
Space Quest Foundation.  

I would like to approach all of the space contractors with a proposal.
Most companies are formed as profit making institutions.  With that in
mind, why don't we form an alternative space administration which is
OWNED by the space contractors?

If each contractor owns stock in this administrative corporation
equivalent to the cost of their hardware contributions, then non-NASA
vehicles and space stations could be produced.  

If other companies wish to use the space facilities, then those
companies would have to pay.  The profit from those sales of services or
space on the station would go back into to original contractors who own
the administrative company.

Since the members of the administrative corporation will be non-government
controlled, progress will be made.  Yes, there will be some problems
with the competition within the administration, but those are minor
compared to NASA's structure.

In a few weeks we will be obtaining the names and addresses of the
chairmen of the boards of directors of every space contractor that we can
find.  When we contact them, I don't think they will just ignore us.

There's a lot that needs to be done.  Anyone interested?  Here's a chance 
to actually do something.  If you don't try, then you wont succeed.  Send
me mail if you're interested and determined to do something.

I will do anything I can to live in a space station, or I will die trying!

- Daniel Pezely