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From: bill@sigma.UUCP (Bill Swan)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Side comment on the disaster
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 11:45:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 31 11:45:35 1986
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In article <1264@mtuxo.UUCP> jrrt@mtuxo.UUCP (r.mitchell) writes:
>[...] In her opinion, the shuttle disaster is evidence that people 
>shouldn't be going out to space ("Why can't they send robots?"), and
>perhaps the whole space program should be shut down, except for "routine"
>launchings of communications satellites. [...]
>As tragic as that launch was, I am saddened even more by the lessons being
>"learned" from it.

I suspect that these people are not "learning" from it, merely repeating
their already formed opinions. I was incensed to hear Politician Dellums
from California saying something to the effect that we should quit wasting
our money killing astronauts and spend it on earth instead (perhaps in your
district, Mr. Dellums?).

As for those who want to send robots, I highly recommend that they try
driving a car sometime with a 10 second delay in response from the controls.
There's a limit to what you can do with robots.

-- 
William Swan  {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!sigma!bill