On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:42:46 -0700, Pierce Nichols
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>> I would phrase the moral a little differently: amateur rocketry is not
>> big enough to sustain serious internecine warfare. Competition can
>> benefit everyone, but warfare has winners and losers.
>
> I concur -- friendly competition can be a great prod to keep working
>when life tries to drag you off or otherwise interefere with your
>projects. It's when it gets nasty and personal that it's damaging.
Competition to do something the best is good. Competition to do
something first is destructive when the field is tiny and most of the
competitors can't reach the finish line at all. That's what happened
with the CATS Prize: there were a couple dozen competitors and two
count 'em two planned prize flights. One was canceled for lack of a
waiver, and the other was canceled for weather.
-R
--
"SEAL training is just like Ranger training, except
it's three weeks longer. It takes that long to teach
them how to balance the balls on their noses."
-- Doug Jones
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