PJS@GROUCH.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter Scott) (02/14/89)
This is excerpted from the space activists' digest (space-activists@turing.cs.rpi.edu): >Subject: Spacepac ratings by State >From: Scott Pace <pace%tp3@rand.org> >In playing with the last set of Congressional ratings by Spacepac (1988 >edition), we took averages for each State's House delegation. This gave us >a rough measure of the Spacepac "rating" of each state. Ratings of 70% or >more were called pro-space, while 0-50% were called anti-space. This gave >us 15 pro-space states, 9 anti-space states, and 26 "swing" states. >The ranking was: >Alaska 91 [#1] Excuse me??? I mean, I can understand figures like >Florida 87.6 [#3] and naturally >Wisconsin 43.3 [#45] although I was surprised somewhat by the poor standing of >California 66.5 [#20] but why in God's name is Alaska *first*, significantly beyond the pack?? What are they doing up there to get that kind of support???!!? Peter Scott (pjs@grouch.jpl.nasa.gov)
szabonj@minke (Nick Szabo) (02/14/89)
In article <890213103429.0000076D091@grouch.JPL.NASA.GOV> PJS@GROUCH.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter Scott) writes: > >why in God's name is Alaska *first*, significantly beyond the pack?? >What are they doing up there to get that kind of support???!!? Alaska is the only (Earth-bound) U.S. frontier. Perhaps there is a psychology among its residents that lends support to the opening of still more frontiers. Nick Szabo szabonj@fred.cs.washington.edu
dmocsny@uceng.UC.EDU (daniel mocsny) (02/15/89)
In article <126@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, szabonj@minke (Nick Szabo) writes: > Alaska is the only (Earth-bound) U.S. frontier. How about our continental shelves? International waters? 70% of our planet's surface is essentially undeveloped. We still have geographic frontiers (no need to get abstract, either). Dan Mocsny dmocsny@uceng.uc.edu