[net.space] NASA Director meets Joan London

fred (06/24/82)

	On Good Morning America today they had an interview
between Joan London and NASA Director Biggs. Maybe the Director was 
just nervous but it really worrys me when Joan London does a better
job of discussing space issues then the Director of NASA.

	The interview pointed out that in the last three years
the Russians have had men on board space stations for one and
a half of those years, and they certainly must be learning something
from all that flight time. When pressed as to what were the Americans
doing and should we be concerned about the Russian activities the
Director simple stated that NASA has been studying space platforms
since the 1960's and that we should be carefully watching the
Russians.

	I think that it is a good sign that the press is starting to 
report on the Russian activity. It is a message the the general public
needs to hear more often and it hints that indeed the US may
be in the space station business if the press and the general public
begin to support the idea.

					Fred
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