Re: RUN!! Forrest!! RUN!!

Never liked to read science fiction, and never wanted to fly to other
planets. Have all the fun I can find flying this one.

I just think there are better uses for our tax dollars than shooting humans
into space for fun.


"Mike Weller" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1122949349.642e06b1d94d9aef3b083b7f79065faa@xxxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:00:37 -0700, "John Larson" <None ...> wrote:
>
>>And why would that make sense? It costs $1,000,000,000 to launch the
>>garbage
>>scow (yes, the secondary mission of the shuttle, after the failed test
>>flight re. the parts falling off this model T, and the delivery of
>>supplies
>>that could have been done by the Russians with their unmanned vehicle) was
>>to retrieve the 13 odd tons of garbage the useless space station has been
>>collecting.
>>
>>It is so annoying to read the posts by you Buck Rogers wannabe's on this
>>board. You are all so enthralled by the space program you can't see just
>>how
>>pointless and useless it is.
>
> Don't you have the least inkling to want to fly to the other planets?
>
> We have to start with basic physics.
>
> Sadly, though, there are no new avenues to that other than pure brain
> power, which is NASA's best attribute.
>
> Mike Weller
>
>


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