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Subject: Re: Politics vs. space -- Mondale?
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Date: Sat, 28-Jul-84 15:24:48 EDT
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From:  Rick McGeer (on an h19-u) 

	Does [Mondale] still want to kill the Shuttle  program, as it is
	rumored he did some years ago, or has he come around yet?  (Please
	post short responses; thanks in advance)

There was nothing "rumoured" about Mondale's hatred of the Shuttle -- he
introduced a bill to kill it every year he was in the Senate.  I think that
you can expect the space station to be killed if Mondale wins, as well as
tax incentives for private development of space.  The Shuttle program will
almost certainly be left intact, since it's too big a commitment to walk
away from.  However, I would be extremely surprised if the fifth orbiter is
ever built, or any of the heavy-lift vehicles now on the drawing board.

					Rick.