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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Fred's Operatic Death
Message-ID: <0094A42A.866932C0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>
Date: 17 Jun 91 16:51:50 GMT
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>In article <1991Jun17.055344.8332@sequent.com>, szabo@sequent.com writes:

>"Astronaut groupie" is a description based on observations of people 
>flocking out to Edwards to watch the Shuttle land, getting astronaut's 
>autographs, and worshipping deceased astronauts as martyrs.  This is 
>very similar to the behavior of a rock band groupie.   I don't see
>any reason to make my language less descriptive of reality.

Gosh Nick, what do you think of Memorial Day? Am I a "military groupie" 
because  I go out to Andrews Air Force base, talk with the fighter pilots,
and have respect for their accomplishments? 

>The fact that your employer, JSC, gets its revenues via the IRS 
>for astronaut projects makes me discount your "pro-manned" 
>statements.  Quit wasting my tax money making self-serving posts to the 
>net.  Quit wasting my money on engineer-welfare projects like Fred.  Get a 
>real job.

I didn't know he was sacrificing his right to free speech just because he works
for the government. He pays taxes too. We all do. Don't pull that "my tax
money" horse-garbage (Posts from Canada and Australia excepted :-).  

Personally Nick, I think if we were pouring money into Asteroid Hunting and
someone tried to suggest an alternative such as <gasp> Manned Exploration and a
resuable space vehicle, you'd want to defend your little baby too.  

Quit berating him for having a job. 

     Signature envy: quality of some people to put 24+ lines in their .sigs
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