Re: Justification for the Space Program

Article View: sci.space

Article #6986

#6986

From: Richard Ottolini
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:18

6 lines
1003 bytes

In a talk at Caltech earlier this month Carl Sagan that spin-off technology arguments
are bogus.  "If you want have better cooking pans, then do R&D on kitchen products."
(probably in reference to low friction materials coming out of the space program.)

Then too, any useful new technologies from NASA should be transfered to the commercial
sector.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1992Dec29.181813.11510@unocal.com>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usc!news.service.uci.edu!unogate!stgprao

References: <1992Dec22.232911.17212@cs.rochester.edu> <Bzt8Dw.Fzs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <C0163t.Mq4@news.cso.uiuc.edu>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usc!news.service.uci.edu!unogate!stgprao
From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
Message-ID: <1992Dec29.181813.11510@unocal.com>
Keywords: Flame retardants are needed.
Sender: news@unocal.com (Unocal USENET News)
Organization: Unocal Corporation
References: <1992Dec22.232911.17212@cs.rochester.edu> <Bzt8Dw.Fzs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <C0163t.Mq4@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
Distribution: usa, world
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:18:13 GMT
Lines: 6

Reply to Parent Message