On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 06:02:21PM +1100, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > > > Guys...it's a bit sad when some very brave people died in > > Columbia to be talking stuff like this...i agree with Vincent > > that comments like this are not necessary. Spare a moments > > thought (or longer if possible) for those brave Astronauts > > and their families who will no doubt endure a lot of pain for > > a long time at their loss. > > > > I feel sorry for their families, kinda hard to feel sorry for astronauts. > As for bravery, no I don't think they are brave either. Why not? There's always a chance that the shuttle will blow up at some point (Challenger and Columbia), start leaking somewhere, get hit by something, etc.-- they knew the risks and took them anyway. Unless you're implying that they *didn't* know the risks? > How the US can justify spending so much money on Space while 33 million US > citizens live below the poverty line amazes me. What does one have to do with the other? There will always be poor people-- maybe not the same people all the time, but a certain percentage will always be poor. There always have been-- some people are either lazy or just unlucky. I'm not happy about that fact, but that's life, you know? BTW, where did you pull that number from? OTOH, space exploration and research improves everyone's lives-- new medicines and medical techniques, etc. So how is it a waste? How is it anymore of a waste than welfare and socialized medicine? Not trying to start a flame war, just asking a serious question here-- welfare just rewards people for being lazy and not working, in my experience. Believe me, I knew a lot of kids in school who *aspired* to 'being like my parents' or 'being like [best friend's] parents' and being paid to sit around at home all day and have fun, collecting welfare. *sigh* Personally, I feel sorry for the families and friends of the astronauts, and I feel sorry for the astronauts. BUT, I hope that NASA doesn't do what they did after the Challenger and just sit around for years out of (unnecessary) fear. *sigh* Anyway, that's my opinion, FWIW. *shrug* -- Vikki Roemer Homepage: http://www.2khiway.net/users/vroemer Registered Linux user #2880021 http://counter.li.org/ "Just because you're not paranoid, that doesn't mean they're not out to get you." (ripped from someone's slashdot .sig) PGP fingerprint: 0A3E 0AE4 CCD9 FF31 B4BB C859 2DE1 B1D8 5CE0 1578 Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a--- C++++(++) UL++++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r-- x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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