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From: rice@dg-rtp.dg.com (Brian Rice)
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Subject: Re: CRAF/Cassini Update - 11/09/90
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Date: 12 Nov 90 20:09:51 GMT
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In article <0093F8EE.D9E16A40@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>, 
sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:
|> In article <1990Nov11.001924.10302@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>, 
|> baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
|> >
|> > On the way to to Comet Kopff, CRAF will flyby the asteroid
|> > Hamburga.  JPL is currently in negotiations with the McDonald's 
|> > hamburger franchise to arrange some kind of advertising deal 
|> > (this is no joke).
|> 
|> Does this mean that Ron Baalke will be replaced by Ronald McDonald 
|> for our news postings ? :-)

JPL: "Junkfood Promotion Lab."

Seriously, I think Ron just threw this in to see whether or 
not people were really reading his articles.  Either that or 
NASA really wants to have CRAF do a gravity-assist flyby 
someplace, and they're counting on the added mass of the 
Happy Meal to justify it.
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