Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: NSS Board membership
Message-ID: <1989Jan22.225207.22504@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <6145@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <1989Jan15.095906.18357@utzoo.uucp> <92@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1989Jan18.043708.27547@utzoo.uucp> <13541@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 89 22:52:07 GMT

In article <13541@bellcore.bellcore.com> karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn) writes:
>For anyone who is seriously interested in learning what van Allen has
>actually said, read his writings! You may be surprised.

Not likely in my case, because I HAVE read them.  And after reading, all
I can say is that the Van Allen belts -- deadly hazards to spaceflight --
are well and aptly named.
-- 
Allegedly heard aboard Mir: "A |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
toast to comrade Van Allen!!"  | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu