Re: Mir [off topic]


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subject Re: Mir [off topic]
date Tue, 1 Jul 1997 09:15:00 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Dan Hollis wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, David Genesse wrote:
> > Just a note about how increadibly silly the world's attempts at space
> > exploration have become. A few days ago, the Russian space station Mir
> > (sp?) was damaged when an unmanned cargo rocket carrying supplies
> > crashed into it during a docking proceedure. So what do these geniuses
> > do? They're sending an unmanned cargo rocket to dock with repair
> > supplies. I am I the only one to see the complete and total failure in
> > the logic here?
> 
> And you have uh... how much experience in orbital mechanics? Zero?
> 
> And you have uh... how much experience in a space program? Zero?
> 
> I guess you really *do* know better than them. Wow! Let's hire David as
> the next NASA Administrator!
> 
did you just completely miss the irony here, or what? i don't think he 
was trying to take over NASA, just point out the hilarity of the 
situation. laugh a little.
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