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From: jayj@hpisla.UUCP (Jay Johannes)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Robert Heinlein and SDI
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 12:10:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 12:10:00 1985
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> > The article
> > said that Isaac Asimov had come out against the initiative and
> > Robert Heinlein for it.
> 
> Great.  Advice on space defense from people who refuse to set foot
> in an airplane.
> 
> Okay, okay, in Asimov's case "refuse" might be a bit strong... how
> about "goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid"?

	And in Heinlein's case it is at least a byte strong--in fact,
	I've never heard ANY evidence that he has any technophobic fear
	of flying; I thought he had done it many times.  In any case
	wouldn't such a fear be pretty silly in a man who hopes to live
	long enough to buy a commercial ticket to the moon?

						--pH

    More than that, Heinlein was a Naval aviator before they retired him,
    (according to "Expanded Universe").



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