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From: Dan.Daetwyler@p14.f7.n391.z8.fidonet.org (Dan Daetwyler)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Not Solving Any Problems (was Re: Solving The Shuttles Problems?)
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Date: 25 Oct 90 22:57:52 GMT
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 WP> For all the heat government contractors in general, and defense
 WP> contractors in particular, have taken in the media over the past five
 WP> years, keep in mind what these contractors have accomplished over the
 WP> years - putting a man on the Moon, putting a lander on Mars, building
 WP> entire floating cities that can circle the globe numerous times without
 WP> refueling, and building a radar system that can track small objects as
 WP> far away as the asteroid belt.

Unfortunately, you just demonstrate you don't understand the problem.  After all, the contractor's didn't ask the media's permission... they just went ahead and did the job.  They didn't even ask Slimey Sam how they should do the job.  They had the horrible efrontery to consider they might know more about their area of expertese than he did.  Finally, they didn't devote 50% of their efforts to saving the "starving masses".  In fact they didn't even check with the media to determine who the "starving masses

" were, this week.  Being a "conservative", slightly to the right of Kahn, I strongly support free speech, but the media frequently causes me to question my beliefs.

D Squared