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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Launching shuttles too soon
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Date: Mon, 24-Nov-86 15:07:39 EST
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> ...about all we can do is rely on the public statements of astronauts and
> assume they are somewhat representative of the others...

We can probably rely on the public statements of some of the astronauts to
be representative... representative, that is, of the *public* *statements*
that other astronauts would make.  This has little or nothing to do with
their private opinions.  They are obviously in a position where their open
and public support for safety improvements is very important to both NASA
and themselves.  Displays of such support tell us nothing about how they
would actually feel about flying a mission tomorrow.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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