Before I continue on my comments, I wish to stress that ERPS has no official position on NASA, Congress, or anything else resembling politics. All of my comments below are my personal opinion.
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 20:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Before leaving for its August vacation, the House passed an > appropriations bill that kills NASA's Pluto flyby mission. With a budget deficit so huge, thank goodness my great grandchildren aren't being robbed for this. > Launch for "New Horizons" is early 2006. A 2006 launch means New > Horizons can use a Jupiter gravity assist, saving *years*. If New > Horizons can't be launched in 2006, it takes years longer to get to > Pluto. > > Which is why *you* need to fax or write two specific Senators to keep > the bucks for New Horizons in *their* appropriations bill. I have a small problem with writing Senators (or ay other politician). First, I do not (willingly) associate with thieves and liars. Second, and more importantly, I will not ask another person to take my neighbor's things and spend it on things I like. If you really want to send something to Pluto, I'd be happy to donate to a *voluntary* fund raiser to get such a mission going. Dave -- David Masten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
