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From: uda@majestix.liu.se (Ulf Dahlen)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Bad self-confidence
Message-ID: <973@majestix.liu.se>
Date: 11 Oct 88 20:46:25 GMT
References: <955@majestix.liu.se> <6877@dasys1.UUCP>
Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
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In article <6877@dasys1.UUCP> tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
>Well, the next time we need the "Kelly's Heroes"-watching Swedish
>academic perspective on just how much we ought to be punishing ourself
>over our space program's problems, we know right where to go, don't we?
>
>At any rate, I'm grateful to get filled in on the "difference" between
>the US and Soviet space programs.  Here all this time I thought it was
>that they're launching about 20 times as much stuff as we are!  Silly me!

If that is your way of telling me to go and bury myself, I would just like
to point out that I was only trying to encourage you a bit.

:-) on
As you pointed out, we do nothing but watching stupid American movies over
here. We also have no knowledge whatsoever about anything that happens in
space. It's really strange that anyone in Sweden even bothers to read
sci.space.shuttle.
:-) off

The big difference between east and west *is* the difference between
democracy and dictatorship. Maybe the russians are shuffling more junk into
space just now, but I am much more happy living in Sweden with NO space
program, than in the Soviet Union.

Of course, the facts are that you are a bit behind at the moment. The
Russians and the Europeans have hade some real progress in their space
programs. This is an ideal opportunity to increase the co-operation between
Europe and USA *and* between East and West. That's what you ought to be
doing.


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