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From: davidle@microsoft.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Galileo Astronauts Honored at JPL
Message-ID: <9366@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 89 00:59:00 GMT
References: <2289@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> <24627@cup.portal.com> <89336.171216CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET>
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In article <89336.171216CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET> CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET (Charles Hannum) writes:
>In article <24627@cup.portal.com>, fleming@cup.portal.com (Stephen R Fleming)
>says:
>>
>>>Time was then set aside for the
>>>JPL employees to chat with the astronauts and to get their autographs.
>>
>>...Just think about this sentence for a second...
>>
>>I'm not a basher of the individual astronauts; I'd love to be one.
>>But the thought of people at JPL, the *real* space-science heroes
>>of the last couple of decades, clustering around a bunch of
>>Right-Stuffers like teenage groupies...
>>
>>I dunno.  Maybe I'm getting cranky in my old age.  Let it pass.
>
>If you'd been waiting (how many?) years to get your baby out into space,
>you'd think the astronauts were God, too.

In addition, perhaps those of us who worked on Galileo for nearly ten years
would like to thank the astronauts who risked their lives to deploy it.

Even if Mr. Domehead Nearsighted Paleskinned Space Science Hero (I don't
remember seeing anyone at JPL meeting this stereotype) dosn't hold much
with autographs, perhaps his/her kids might.  Many JPL'rs follow the
shuttle program quite closely, collect mission patches and would'nt mind
a short word with one of the astronauts even if it was not the thrill of
a lifetime.

Sorry for adding to the comments on this, I just think the original
posting was rather silly.

David Levine

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