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From: mike@amdcad.UUCP (Mike Parker)
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Subject: Re: Escape tower for shuttle orbiter?
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Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 22:15:09 EST
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In article <12610@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> desj@brahms.UUCP (David desJardins) writes:
>   I have not touched on this kind of a trade-off, because I don't see any
>real situation where we would have to make a choice between saving the
>shuttle orbiter *or* the crew.  But, *if* this choice were necessary, it
>seems clear to save the orbiter.
>
>   -- David desJardins


I had sworn off posting the the net, but this just *has* to be responded 
to. Did you intend to put a smiley after this comment, please tell me
you did.

Money is trash ( ask Reagan, or just look at his deficit spending ) we just
print it, if a shuttle is so valuable, we print x billion dollars and make
one. Memories and human relationships are not replaceable, the price of
100 shuttles will never make what happened right with the children of those
astronauts. Can you imagine telling their husbands and wives that you really
wanted to save them, but it would have destroyed your expensive toy?

Please tell me you didn't mean it.

Mike

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