----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:22 AM Subject: Re: Wooden Wagon Wheels [ was Re: All Government Agencies Lie Someofthe Time....]
> I wrote: > > > I think the current NASA program has lots of problems, and doesn't do a > > > whole lot of science, > > Rob replied: > >Thats just plain wrong Reggie. > >"NASA doesnt do a lot of good science on the shuttle" would be more > >accurate > >even though it might be debated. > >But you have to recognise that NASA's contributions to astronomy if nothing > >else. NASA has several space observatories in operation currently including > >Hubble, a gamma ray observatory, an x-ray observatory and a couple of > >others > >IIRC. (Ronn?) > > I rewrote that sentence about 20 times, and in the end pushed "send" on a > version I didn't mean to go out. I basically meant your second sentence > above, "NASA doesn't do a lot of good science on the shuttle" or on the ISS. > Certainly Hubble, the recent solar observer (can't remember the name right > now), and the other astronomy-related things you mention are valid. Cool! There is so much more to NASA than the shuttle and ISS. > > I pretty much agree with everything else you say, except for this: > > >In the course of time those who do these things will become wealthy. > >What is holding us back is timidity, laziness, and greed. > > I would say that greedy people who think long-term would definitely want to > be involved in the future of space exploration and colonization. It's just > the greedy who think only short-term who are causing all the under-funding > problems. I'm thinking mainly of those who are impediments to space exploration. Porkbarrel afficienados, those with competing programs, and those elements within the government who are obstacles to the private launch initiatives. > > >Its not beyond our reach. > >And to think so is a failure of the imagination. > > Amen. > > Reggie Bautista > xponent Worlds Without End Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
