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Appendix A: December 4, 1989, Letter from Vice President Dan Quayle to Dr. Frank Press and Dr. Press' Response
Pages 51-57

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... Appendixes
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... At a recent Space Council meeting, it was agreed that a review of the NASA report by the National Research Council would be most valuable.
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... NASA will continue to seek alternative approaches to this initiative; we would appreciate National Research Council assistance in examining them as they become available. Scope of the Report, 1.
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... Frank Press, Chairman National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20418
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... Vice President: APPENDIX A December 26, 1989 The National Research Council is pleased to accept your request that it undertake a review of the NASA "Report of the 90Day Study on Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars." We are working hard to fill your need to have our report by February 28th; and have already made considerable progress in constituting the committee. The Governing Board of the National Research Council, as well as those to be directly involved in the task, understand its importance and complexity, and the inherent limitations imposed by a very demanding schedule.
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... White Joann Clayton David Bodde Myron Uman Richard Hart Dean Kastel Louis Lanzerotti
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