On 6 Mar 2005 07:05:57 -0800, (Robert Clark)
wrote:

Thanks for the info. Sounds like they never studied the question. The
first thing to do would be to conduct a poll of professional
astronomers: if it would raise 1 billion dollars YEARLY devoted to
astronomical research alone would you be in favor of assigning
personal names to stars? It it raised $100 million yearly?

I think it's a long stretch from an industry that has "sold" maybe 1
million stars total (over many years) for around $50 each, and something
that can generate millions of dollars per year (let alone a billion!)
for research.

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