From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Doc  wrote:   
   >Among all the hoopla surrounding the latest Mars explorer, what I   
   >haven't heard is what this one will do that the previous ones didn't?   
   >...I also haven't seen a pricetag on the things. Anybody?   
      
   "Let those who complain that too much money is being spent on abstract   
   knowledge while people are starving remember this:  The alternative to   
   knowledge is savagery.  Their very existence as stowaways on the voyage   
   of civilization is owing to advances in science which permit some to   
   live without doing their share of the work.  Let them be tolerant, then,   
   lest by encumbering the useful ones they destroy the thing which keeps   
   them alive."    -- George Ellery Hale   
      
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   MOST launched 30 June; science observations running     |   Henry Spencer   
   since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending.        | henry@spsystems.net   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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