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I know there are a lot of BBSers out there who are interested in space
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exploration. We want NASA to launch more research missions, to see
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private enterprise in space, to go where no man has gone before...
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What can we do to see to it that the politicians who run this country
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have the same vision? How can we persuade them to stop cutting NASA's
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budget, and increase it instead? How can we get politicians to give
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incentives to private companies who help to develop space?
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These questions were going through my mind and I thought "Voting picks a
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politician, not an issue. We have to make the politicians KNOW how we
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feel. We have to MAKE SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH AN ISSUE. Make it as
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big an issue as Reagan's War on Drugs."
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To do this, we have to ACT, and the ACTION is a simple one. Simply
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download this message as an ASCII file. SEND IT TO AS MANY BBSES AS YOU
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CAN. Then put it in your wordprocessor, chop everything above and below
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the dotted line, select one or both of the candidates you want to write
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to, and mail out the letter. You can alter the letter to fit your own
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style and tastes, the important thing is to ACT! Mail the letter as soon
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as possible. The sooner the politicians KNOW how we FEEL, the sooner they
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can ACT.
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More [Y/n/=]?
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President George Bush
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1 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Washington, D.C. 20003
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Dear Mr. Bush:
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I heard a lot of campaign promises during the last election, but I didn't
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hear one word about space exploration or NASA. NASA's budget has been cut
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and cut again ever since men walked on the moon. This country built up an
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incredible space exploration system during the 1960's. By the early 70's
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we had the hardware to get us to any planet in the solar system, and then
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we threw it all away for no good reason.
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People used to say that space exploration was too expensive. That we
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spent all of that money to get "a few moon rocks." Now they realize that
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all of the money we've spent on space development has been repaid many,
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many times. Weather satellites alone have saved enough lives and averted
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enough property damage to pay for the entire space program. Microelec-
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tronics, which were developed primarily for the space program, have given
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us the entire modern computer and software industry. Satellites allow us
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to find scarce resources on our planet.
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Speaking of resources, this planet's resources are divided among five
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billion people. Some of these people are very rich, some poor. But even
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the richest person on the planet only owns a portion of it. Now look up.
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There are an infinite number of planets up there. Enough raw materials
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and natural resources to make every person on this planet a billionaire.
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And it's all just sitting there for the taking. This isn't a dream, we
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can grab this wealth with today's technology, just ask your science
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advisors if you don't believe me. But we must act now, before someone
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else beats us to it.
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Please think about what I've said. The 1990's could be remembered as the
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decade that America recaptured space.
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Sincerely,
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<YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS>
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If you're feeling especially productive, you can also send this letter to
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your state and federal politicians. If you don't know their addresses,
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call your local Voter Registration number. It's in the white pages under
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County Government Offices.
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If you want more ideas on how you can help to promote space development
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send a long, self-addressed stamped envelope to:
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Jeff Hunter
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& the Temple of the Screaming Electron
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P.O. Box 5378
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Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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BBS: 415/935-5845
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