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From: lmann@jjmhome.UUCP (Laurie Mann)
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Subject: Re: Challenger - the movie!
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Date: 1 Mar 90 00:27:11 GMT
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In article <25235@ut-emx.UUCP>, rdd@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett) writes:
> Yes, we certainly know how important it is to spread propaganda in order to 
> protect one's "livelihood," all right!

Oh, come on now!  All we pro-spacers are merely "spreading propaganda?"

The Challenger incident was heartbreaking for me on more levels than
I'd care to admit to here.  However, if given the chance to ride
a space shuttle, even knowing there might be something like a 1 in 25
chance I wouldn't come back, I'd STILL wanna go!

Space travel is an adventure.  And it shouldn't just be open to the WASP
test pilots of the early '60s. It's an adventure that should be open
to any of us willing to try.  It's relatively safe, though it sure isn't
as safe as sitting at home and hacking on the net.  I believe it's
worth the risk.

Where would we be now if Columbus stayed home?  Leif Erickson? Rogers & Clark?

Should there be no adventures because risk is "unsafe?"

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