the only thing that bitch ever risked is a bent eyelash (from too much mascara) tony Markus Mehring wrote: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:01:40 -0800, you ("Dale Ireland" > <direland@drdale.com>) wrote: > > >You can read the whole thing at > >http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/035/oped/Rebuilding_the_dream_of_space_expl > >oration+.shtml > >If you can get past the popup ads. > > I've seen nothing pop up, FWIW. > > Quote: > "But while tragedy catches our elusive attention, we have to ask a more > basic question: What is the goal -- the mission, as NASA describes every > liftoff -- for which we can justify sending eager astronauts on a risky > venture?" > > It's not so much a question of who or if, sending people on that risky > trip. It's more of a question of wether there are people willing to take > the risk and go, and what can we do to help them make it less risky. No one > gets "sent", these are not soldiers on a military mission. They're all > volunteers. > > Quote: > "Where are we going when it's a ''go''?" > > When I open the front page of the NASA website (www.nasa.gov), I see three > major subjects prominently presented. They say: "Improve Life Here - Extend > Life To There - Find Life Beyond". That's, in a nutshell, where and why > "we're" going. I for one don't find that too difficult to understand. > > Quote: > "Forgive me if I trivialize the work, but do we want to risk lives for > perfume and ants?" > > Who is "we" in this context? That's not just trivializing (badly and > shamefully), that's overbearing. > > CU! Markus > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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