Re: Rotary Starts Production


From Mark Reiff <mreiff1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date Sat, 25 Jul 1998 01:56:47 -0700

Simon,

> Australia has many problems but high tarrifs are not one of them - unless
> space ships fall under the footware and textiles tarrifs.

> The Aust government has already granted import exemptions for Kistler such
> as sales taxes which aren't actually an import tax but rather an everyday
> tax - that has Kistler has been exempted from.

Sorry about that mate. ;)  It was the high sales tax that I remember
being an issue before.  Any idea if Australia is planning on making this
a general sales tax waiver for all interested launchers, or those like
Kistler willing to grease the political skids (ref. recent article about
Kistler's deal with the native Ausies? :)

-- 
Mark Reiff <mreiff1@xxxxxxxxxx>
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"I think we are all trying too hard to push space
versus finding the pulls that attract people and their money."
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References:
Re: Rotary Starts Production
From: Sam Coniglio <sconiglio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Re: Rotary Starts Production
From: Sam Coniglio <sconiglio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Re: Rotary Starts Production
From: Peter Wainwright <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Re: Rotary Starts Production
From: Simon Mansfield <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>





	

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