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00100	Time: 1983
00200	Politics: Jackson was elected in 1976 following a genral liberal
00300	line that gradually got more left and environmental.  The government
00400	abandoned the shuttle after building two of them.  An international
00500	consortium takes over one of them for the ostensible purpose of
00600	building a resort-in-orbit, saving the shuttle having been one of
00700	the losing conservative causes in the 1978 elections.
00800	
00900	Our hero is an investigator for Nader who take the position that
01000	if they are rich enough to afford such a luxury when millions
01100	are underprivileged, they should be taxed more.
01200	
01300	Characters: Jason Freeman, 33, lawyer, investigator for Nader.
01400	John Cardamon, 46, professor of aeronautical engineering at Caltech
01500	and Vice-president of AIAA
01600	
01700	Ross Perot - made millions in computers