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From: ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper)
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Subject: Re: RE: Naming Uranian Moons
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Date: Sat, 8-Feb-86 11:42:10 EST
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>                                        Naming a crater on the moon is a nice
> idea, but we aren't going to have a moonbase in mine or my grandchildren's 
> lifetime.  It's a nice idea, but who is going to fund it.

Someone who was 20 years old when the Wright Brothers first flew could have
flown around the world.  Her children could have flown in the Concorde.  Her
grandchildren could go to the moon.  Don't sell progress short.

P.S.  Lots of people thought airplanes were a fad and not practical either.

					Evelyn C. Leeper
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