On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
I've been
following the space program for as long as I can
remember, and it always irritates me when someone says that the
only reason we're doing it is to make some sci-fi geeks happy.
Most of the people in the space industry, I would venture to guess,
are probably not sci-fi nuts but damn good engineers and scientists
who are gaining a lot of valuable research from NASA and the like.
Yeah!
I think the space programme is invaluable. How else are we going to find
a place to ship Trent Lott?