Re: The Phoenix has landed!

On May 25, 7:34 pm, "Robert J. Kolker" <bobkol...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Glend wrote:
Good news for all who like space science:

"PASADENA, Calif. - A NASA spacecraft plunged into the atmosphere of
Mars and landed in the Red Planet's northern polar region on Sunday to
begin 90 days of digging in the permafrost to look for evidence of the
building blocks of life.

That is nice. Now tell us what this lander has to do with National
Defense or protecting the rights and property of the people. That is the
only excuse for laying on taxes.

Bob Kolker
fnord

Well Bob, IF we find life on Mars, it will help us understand more
about EVOLUTION, and that can have many applications to help not just
this nation but all humanity (provided the religious fundamentalists
don't blow us all to hell first by their craziness). fnord

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