Columbia ejection seats - NOT -- NAC!!!!

Sat Feb 1 14:50:19 EST 2003

> I'm not sure that we ought to continue making so many of these flights.  The
> most immediate return on investment that I see is for the aggrandizement of
> those who do the flights.  What in the hell can the investors, us stupid
> taxpayers, get out of it?  And, it costs a ton.

???

The only measure of "worthwhile" is how much money it makes?  What the
hell is the point of money?  It's what you DO with money that
matters.  Otherwise, it's nothing more than small green pieces of
paper.

(completely ignoring the examples raised by Michael Riebs)

(also ignoring the not particularly unlikely scenario in which we need
to evacuate the planet)

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Ben Pearre          1990 200TQA          http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben