Sirald@cup.portal.com (Andrew Lionel Dalrymple) (03/08/89)
Question -- if they are to be shut-off, can they ever be remotely reactivated? Seems like such a waste shut them down when while they still work. Why not just let them idle? Landsat -- is that not what we need more of in the first place to grab the wheather forcasts?
apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) (03/09/89)
Dan Quayle, of all people, seems to have found some money to keep Landsat going. It was in the SF Chronicle of Tuesday, March 7, 1989. He didn't say where he got the money. (VP Quayle is Chairman of some national space committee or other; others will know better than I.) ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt
dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) (03/12/89)
In article <1376@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes: >Dan Quayle, of all people, seems to have found some money to keep >Landsat going. It was in the SF Chronicle of Tuesday, March 7, 1989. >He didn't say where he got the money. (VP Quayle is Chairman of some >national space committee or other; others will know better than I.) He got it from various government agencies that use Landsat data. So some customers are willing to pay for its operation. Paul F. Dietz dietz@cs.rochester.edu
mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) (03/12/89)
In article <1989Mar11.122307.18100@cs.rochester.edu> dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes: >In article <1376@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes: >>Dan Quayle, of all people, seems to have found some money to keep >>Landsat going. >He got it from various government agencies that use Landsat data. So >some customers are willing to pay for its operation. I just heard about that, and was going to post but y'all beat me to it. I'll have to look up that newspaper item. The way I heard it, Quale dug up about $5M to keep Landsat going for another couple of months. Congressman George Brown (D-CA) has written a letter to Bush urging that Landsat be kept going. The letter was co-signed by a bunch of congressmen; it might not be a bad idea to (1) find out if your congresscritter co-signed it, and (2) give him an "attaboy" if he did. (Why "of all people"? You don't believe everything the newsdroids on TV tell you, do you?) -- Mike Van Pelt "Hey, hey, ho ho, Video 7 Western culture's got to go." ...ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp Stanford students and faculty.