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From: wdm@ecn-pc.UUCP (Tex)
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Subject: Re: Space Shuttle Children's Fund
Message-ID: <469@ecn-pc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 22:14:48 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  4 22:14:48 1986
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In article <505@eneevax.UUCP> hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) writes:
>In article <325@lifia.UUCP> felix@lifia.UUCP (Francois Felix INGRAND) writes:
>>In article <221@hadron.UUCP> klr@hadron.UUCP writes:
>>>
>>>	A trust fund has been established by the American Security
>>>	Bank in Washington DC.  The funds gathered are to be used
>>>	to provide financial assistance to the children of the 7
>>>	astronauts killed in the explosion of the space shuttle.
>>
>>Is the Social Budget of USA so poor that American people must create a fund
>>for the astronauts' children? 
>>
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>>Francois Felix INGRAND       (-: Pourquoi tant de haine... :-(     \ | / 
>
>[flame on, 104%]
>The shape of our `Social Budget' is completely irrelevant to the creation of a
>fund for the families of deceased astronauts.  They sacrificed their private
>lives just to pursue the common dream of all mankind to explore; in the end
>they parted with much more than their privacy and it just so happens that some
>of us who remain earthbound feel the need to thank the unseen families behind
>our most visible heroes.
>
>Perhaps you are unfamiliar with such things, Monsieur Ingrand, but here in the
>United States we like to take care of our own.
 
    Don't blame him, it is probably difficult to live in a country that 
    sits on the sidelines and watches while we explore space.  After all,
    they think it is pretty neat that they have a booster that can but
    a satellite into orbit.