pezely@udel.EDU (Dan Pezely) (07/21/89)
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
grwalter@watmath.waterloo.edu (Fred Walter) (07/21/89)
In article <20134@louie.udel.EDU> pezely@udel.EDU (Daniel Pezely) writes: >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? I don't see what benefit the space contractors would get out of it. They'd be giving up something (whatever they gave you); in return they'd get more people telling them what to do - people who don't have any money to pay for putting payloads in space. >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'm interested in doing something, but I don't see the above ever happening. No company interested in turning a profit will give up something just to get more administration. If I've misinterpreted something, please let me know. However, the above does give me some ideas... fred