[Coco] off-topic, space program

[arikboke at yahoo.com]

That's assuming anything actually gets done.  We are, after all, talking about
Bush.  If he gets re-elected, he can drop the whole shebang in a heart-beat. 
People battered by the bad economy will not complain too loudly about a program
that could cost an arm and a leg.

--David


--- jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> Roger
> 
> I am not holding my breath to the next moon mission. 2020 and I 
> will 70 yrs old. I may not make to 2030,
> 
> james
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> On 14 Jan 2004 at 16:16, Roger Taylor wrote:
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> > This new spacecraft project sounds a whole lot like an indirect
> > statement that they are replacing the unstable/faulty shuttles that
> > keep blowing up and killing humans.
> > 
> > Ok, I'm 35... and it looks like NASA will make sure we have a man on
> > Mars no earlier than 2030, when I will be 61.  I'm not impressed.  I'm
> > also not impressed over the 2020 date for the next moon mission.  I
> > guess this is my old Star Trek inner-child wanting to see something
> > happen while I'm still alive, but it looks like my future great
> > grandkids might get to see a few rocks come back from the moon or
> > Mars.  If I get to see a man step foot on Mars, I will have lived;
> > then they can do whatever they want after that. :)
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> > Roger Taylor