MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Charles Angelich:

 MR> "Charles Angelich" wrote to "Mike Ross" (08 Jul
03  10:51:02)  ---
 MR> on the topic of "Shuttle Columbia Tests"

 CA> If you don't like my choices put "NASA mistakes" into Google
 CA> and choose others.

 CA> Then get back to me and explain why you think NASA should
 CA> manage a 7/11 store.

 CA> Or, if you would rather, we can disucss absurd mathematical
 CA> formulae to determine the speed of styrofoam versus the shuttle
 CA> and use lots of big words and pretend that we actually can think
 CA> independent thoughts and use logic and reason.

 MR> I think we're all just NASA bashing because we can. Remember it is
 MR> always easier to tear down than it is to build. So we should
 MR> contribute something constructive instead of heating up the
 MR> atmosphere... 

 MR> Let's try launching the shuttle without the SRB's from a flying
 MR> platform instead of from the gound. Better yet let's forget the
 MR> shuttles and proceed with Energia alone as the Russians have their
 MR> launches working nearly flawlessly, well the landings are off
 MR> target from time to time. 

Or let's look at what's *really* standing in the way of private enterprise
moving into the areas in which it's *tried* to move over the past several
decades...

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