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Article #7062Re: Justification for the Space Program
From: Dr. Norman J. LaFave
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:45
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:45
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In article <1992Dec29.181813.11510@unocal.com> Richard Ottolini,
stgprao@st.unocal.COM writes:
>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.
Although I believe spin-off arguements to be secondary, I disagree with
Sagan's
logic. The most unexpected things come when you push the envelope and if
they are beneficial the program discovering them should get credit.
Norman
Dr. Norman J. LaFave
Senior Engineer
Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
Hunter Thompson
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