Future Mail Transportation

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Fig USAirmail 45 SAINGTOR NOV 27 1989 U.S SAIL 20066 20h Universal Postal Congress ChusCalla DC

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FUTURE MAIL TRANSPORTATION First Day of Issue: November 27, 1989 First Issue Location: Washington, D.C. If the possibilities of space are developed to their fullest, space shuttles may one day carry mail to people living in huge scientific and industrial communities set up throughout the solar system — and beyond. Assuming it proves possible and profitable to build such communi- ties, exciting new technology might come into use, making space stations the means of expanding new scientific and industrial revolutions. Space stations in near-earth orbit already benefit from low gravity condi- tions, access to the vacuum of space and other extrater- restrial resources. Giant industrial space stations would share these advantages and produce benefits for earth. There would be no need for nuclear power stations on earth, solving problems of radioactive waste disposal, and people would be much less dependent on oil, coal and natural gas, which would create a cleaner world. If the benefits are positive enough to warrant implementa- tion of ideas like industrial colonies in space, mail may indeed one day be posted to interstellar addresses. No. 89-42 ©1989 The Maximum Card Collection A Division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007 Original painting by Chris Calle