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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Big lie re Planetary-Society program on Halley's comet
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 12:56:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 12:56:00 1985
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> ... In the promo for this program, they said
> the flotilla of spacecraft visiting Halley's comet will be mankind's
> first close encounter with a comet. Have they forgotten ICE's passthru
> of Giacobini-Zinner a few months ago? ...

Probably they knew about it but considered it a joke by comparison.
Which it was.  "International Comet Explorer", indeed.  Better than nothing,
yes, useful scientific return, yes, but a poor excuse for a comet probe.

Anyone reading this who has strong religious beliefs:  if you are in a mood
to thank your Deity (-ies) for good things happening in the last year, spend
a moment thanking him (her) (them) for making the Ariane third stage work
perfectly for Giotto, and fail on the *next* launch.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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