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|    Re: Rovers: NASA vs Commercial    |
|    24 Aug 17 21:15:18    |
      XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics       From: jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr              Le 24/08/2017 à 12:02, Jeff Findley a écrit :       > You're painting with an extremely broad brush there. In every       > profession and every place of employment there are people who care about       > what they're doing and how it's bettering life on this planet and there       > are people who are there just to get a paycheck (and everything       > inbetween).       >       > For example, the custodian at my dorm when I was in college truly cared       > about what he was doing and truly cared about the students he was       > serving. Most of us there (well, the ones who didn't have our heads up       > our asses) appreciated him greatly.              I remember the film about the people that built the space shuttle, that       NASA published after its last flight.              And I remember all those workers with a small white board with their       name posed for the camera, and I saw in their eyes the end of the shuttle.              Great folks really. To treat them as "pork" as some people here are       doing reminds me who the real pigs are.              But lets keep our cool.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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