Re: OT-: On the way to Pluto.

Hi again, Will;

"Will Sill" <will@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>It's so sad to see such disrespect for the results of advancing
>>technology...
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> Bull***. I freely acknowledge that SOME of the $$$gazillions$$$
Okay. I don't want anyone to go away thinking that I'm espousing
that all $$ spent on the $pace program were 100% used effectively.
Never gonna be the case. Certainly not by something run for
political motives. Nor that every $$ spent went to developing
something we use today.

But by-and-large the technical needs that were fulfilled were done
so by their need to be solved. Does that mean that some little
baubble, NASA's version of a $700 hammer, led to the development of
the uP in my PC? Certainly not. Just keep in mind that the
computer that controlled Apollo LM descent and ascent had less
processing power than the average hand calculator does today.

> blown on exploration have contributed positively to technical
> advancements. But here's the bottom line:
>
> 1) I vigorouly support the gummit's effort to castrate the
> Islaamic
> terrorist movement, even though it is not being done with
> impeccable
> efficiency and is costing lives AND huge money. Why? Because I
> support the objective.
I whole-heartedly agree!

> 2) I oppose spending huge sums so "scientists" can look closely at
> Pluto, not only because it is costing a king's ransom and we the
A) Not the point. The money isn't subtracted from the national
treasury and taped to the inside of the payload bulkhead. It's
spent on scientists, engineers, writers, metalworkers, electricians,
thinkers, widgets, experiments, and so on...

B) It's not a "huge sum!" In point of fact it's a paltry amount
compared to the many "bridges to nowhere" and other pork-barrel
boondoggles we fund.

> people never approved the project, but because I personally think
> the
That's right. That's because we live in a representative democracy.
Which would probably explains why Michael Griffin didn't knock on
your door asking for permission to fly that bird. Instead he knocks
on the doors of our legislators...

> people who are curious about Pluto ought to spend their own money
> to
> explore it.
As might the folks that find a need to know about the sex habits of
some species of chicken or other...

> Just because research is "good" in some eyes does not mean tax
> money
> should be spent to research everything from Pluto to the sex lives
> of
> sub-micron-size deep sea thingies.
We agree. But just because it is "bad" in some eyes does not mean
that tax money should only be spent on maintaining the status quo of
winos and crack whores...

> IMO.
And in mine as well...(;-o)!


L8r all,
Dusty
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