[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex and NASA
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:02:20 -0400
At 05:22 AM 4/7/2010, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
>Apart from the good natured ribbing, which I hope you will take in the
>sense in which it is meant, I agree with you that there is a lot to be
>said for private space ventures, and I think we are beginning to move
>into some interesting times in that area.
>Where I think NASA has done some interesting work is in the unmanned
>interplanetary probes, some of which have returned stunning imagery.
I am not in the least upset, my friend. I am
still unsettled about the change of the universe
with the death of Charles M Barringer. That made the earth rock.
NASA's government charter is to do ONLY manned
missions and such unmanned missions as are
necessary to support these manned missions. I
have been a member of the Royal Astronomical
Society of Canada since 1964, and these guys have
been purple in the face with their demands for
MORE unmanned missions and to END the manned
missions. They get REALLY nasty when I suggest
that they move south of the border and start
lobbying their congressmen to do what they
wish. The Canadian scientific community just wants to take control ....
Damn. Where is Red Green when you need
him? Can't Possum Lodge take care of the RASC Threat to international amity?
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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