On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 10:13:44 +1100, "Jake Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am just struck by the similarity between what is happening now and the >mercury 7 sub-orbital flight And that just chased away my cynical pessimism. Thank you, Jake. The key part of your observation is exactly that similarity. Do you realize that in just over forty years, we've gone from manned suborbital flight being something a global superpower can barely do, to manned suborbital flight being something a well heeled amateur team can barely do? That says something amazing about technology development, economic growth, or both. -R -- "...And the last thing I remember is asking, 'What could go wrong?'" _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
