From: dre_ada5@hotmail.com   
      
   "Henry Spencer"  wrote in message   
   news:Hs11Gt.19y@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   
   >   
   > --   
   > MOST launched 30 June; science observations running     |   Henry Spencer   
   > since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending.        |   
   henry@spsystems.net   
      
   Now what do you think that mean Henry, since it can be looked upon it   
   different lights? As an aeronautical engineering student, I am very much for   
   space exploration and opening doors for mankind, but I am also doing my bit   
   and helping today's "starving people", since many of them are in their   
   predicament because their inherent wealth has been taken and now funds such   
   missions.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)