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From: wb6rqn@yojna1.UUCP (Brian Lloyd)
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Subject: Re: Re: Voyager at Uranus
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Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 00:23:38 EST
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> >> I doubt it.  When the Viking missions landed in '76, they sent home most
> >> of the JPL employees (!) for half a day.
> >
> > What was the reason for sending home "most of the JPL employees"?
> 
> All I remember is, we got some notice from our managers (dunno if it was
> in writing), and I don't think we were paid for the time.  My vague
> memory is that it was paranoia about someone (anyone, even a JPL
> employee) somehow wrecking the landing, or even just the receipt of the
> data during the landing.  Remember, JPL is in California, where it's
> taken for granted that weirdos abound.  The honchos probably worried
> about some anti-science cult attempt to gain attention and/or prevent
> "heresy".
> 
> Alan Silverstein

Heck, they let me in.  I sat next to Leonard Nimoy.  There is nothing like 
high-powered intellectual capability to liven up a party, I always say!

Brian Lloyd
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