| on Date: 01 Apr 93 18:03:12 GMT, Ralph Buttigieg <ralph.buttigieg@f635.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au> |
| writes: |
| /Why can't the government just be a tennant? Private commercial concerns |
| /could just build a space station system and charge rent to the government |
| /financed researchers wanting to use it. |
| I believe that this was the thought behind the Industrial Space Facility. I |
| don't remember all the details, but I think Space Services (?) wanted NASA to |
| sign an anchor tenancy deal in order to help secure some venture capital but |
| NASA didn't like the deal. (I'm sure I'll hear about it if I'm wrong!) |
| Disclaimer: Opinions stated are solely my own (unless I change my mind). |
| Ben Muniz MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@consrt.rockwell.com w(818)586-3578 |
| Space Station Freedom:Rocketdyne/Rockwell:Structural Loads and Dynamics |
| "Man will not fly for fifty years": Wilbur to Orville Wright, 1901 |
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