A suggestion ...

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> government. I plan to endorse my check for $300 over to "National
> Aeronautics and Space Administration" and send it back to Washington.
> I'll include a request that the funds be applied to the completion of
> the space station per the designed configuration.
>
> I suspect they'll send my check back to me with some lame excuse that
> they can't accept funds in this way. Regardless, I hope that this small

They can't, it is illegal.

> act will demonstrate one American's desire to complete the station as planned.
>

The station ISS should be cancelled, or transfered to private
ownership.
As it stands today, with NASA running it, ISS is the biggest obstacle to
space development today.

I would reather see the money spent on power beaming technology
development.