Bidding Against NASA

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Mon May 13 08:25:01 2002

At 08:04 AM 5/13/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Remember when they spend your tax dollar, the checking account has no
>limits. Remember the Pentagon spending $400+ for an ash tray, and over
>a grand for a common claw hammer???

Just to make an attempt to keep this on-topic,
as the list had been doing so well lately, I would
say that one of the motivating factors in collector's
minds is the price of the old systems, as compared to
today's scrap price. I do get a kick out of the
~$20K price of a Terak (in 1979 dollars no less) that
might sell for less than $10 today.

- John
Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 08:25:01 BST