Re: [aa] Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Up-coming AMSAT Board Election - Gunther-

[Barry - VA3BJD <va3bjd@xxxxxx>]

On Jan 10, 2004, at 8:47 PM, Cliff Buttschardt wrote:

> Well OK Bob, I asked this question over a month ago.  Sure government 
> travel is
> difficult but I still want to know how much AMSAT spends on behalf of 
> ARISS!!!
> It is no secret that I oppose manned space exploration and acknowledge 
> that
> people pay the bills but if anyone in sound mind can refute the 
> marvelous deeds
> that have been accomplished on MARS this month, that person must be a 
> total
> politician only interested in funding.  Damnit people, we can do with 
> instruments
> ten times that required with manned efforts but the same old mantra 
> exists:
> PEOPLE PAY THE BILLS SO SPEND TWENTY TIMES AS MUCH TO DO THE SAME 
> JOB!!!
> Cliff K7RR
>

Cliff it is hard to pry the hogs from the Trough.

Also is not hard to figure out how much AMSAT spends to support ARISS.  
The budget states it quite clearly. Look under "Human Spaceflight".

I personally don't understand why AMSAT finances NASA projects. It's 
hard to find a piece of Public Relations material from NASA, where 
AMSAT and NASA are mentioned together.

Barry

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