From: Jeff Jacobsen <cultxpt@globalcrossing.net>
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: $166 million to bury books
Date: 9 Jul 1996 22:57:02 -0700
Message-ID: <4rvgne$9p6@nnrp1.news.globalcrossing.net>

   Man, I was looking at Scientology's IRS 1023 forms again and came 
across this gem.  Church of Spiritual Technology is supposed to preserve 
the tech for the future.  They are trying really hard to find non-acidic 
paper, metal etching systems, argon filled titanium tubes, all kinds of 
ways to preserve the tech for, who?, whoever digs up this stuff at some 
unknown future date.
   In 1992 CoST wrote "To date CST has spent over $52,000,000 on these 
projects and expects to spend another $114,000,000 in the next 5 years to 
complete the current phase of its program."  So that's $166,000,000 US 
spent to date (if they were on schedule) for "the current phase" of 
preserving the tech.  So, Hubbard wrote a million words or something?  
That's $166 a word to store his writings.  But remember, that's only up 
to the first "phase" of the program!
   On irc channel #scientology we were, as always, thinking of ways to 
help Scientology do things more efficiently.  Lo and behold!  We came up 
with a brilliant plan - why not hire NASA to bury the books and tapes in 
a capsule on the moon?  Heck, for $200 million I'm sure they'd do it!  
There are no vandals on the moon!  There is no atmosphere on the moon to 
deteriorate the paper!  There are no (military or non-military) paper 
worms to eat the paper!
   I know, I know... you're thinking "Jeez, Jeff, if they bury the stuff 
on the moon, how will anybody ever see them?"  To that I retort - well, 
if you build nuclear bomb proof vaults here on earth, and have nuclear 
bomb proof doors with a fancy lock on them, how the heck is anybody 
gonna get at the books here???  Are ya gonna leave the combination 
nearby?  If an atomic bomb won't rip open the vaults, how is anybody 
gonna get inside to check out the material?  So, I think 1000 years from 
now somebody will be much more likely to take a stretch-break on the moon 
and find those books than to accidentally stub their toe on an 
underground vault and have some super-gonzo laser cannon to blow open the 
container here on the war-ravaged or natural disaster destroyed earth.
   I understand Lyman Spulock is head of CoST.  Lyman, this idea's for 
you.  No charge.  Your welcome.