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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: "Long Term Implications of Challenger Accident"
Message-ID: <1016@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 17:02:07 EST
Article-I.D.: psivax.1016
Posted: Sun Feb 16 17:02:07 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Feb-86 04:24:27 EST
References: <860210-065500-1155@Xerox>
Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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In article <860210-065500-1155@Xerox> Gloger.es@XEROX.COM writes:
>Ed Turner made the coment that, "Much greater risks and losses [than
>Challenger's] have been accepted for the initial exploration of all
>historic frontiers ...."  "Piermarini" observed "... but do we stop the
>manufacture of automobiles when there's an accident?"
>
>However, there seems here to be a staggering lack of recognition of the
>terrible consequences of the fact that this particular "exploration of
>frontiers" is being done by the government,
>
>Does anybody remember the last time in history when a government
>operation successfully "explored a historic frontier?"

        Well, I seem to remember that Columbus's voyages were financed
by the Spanish government. And I think Magellan's vaoyage was also a
government venture. And Captain Drake was another government explorer.
And, I may be wrong, but I think that the HMS Beagle was a government
survey vessel, and look what came out of that!
--

                                Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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