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   From: KevinWilloughby@acm.org.invalid.retro.com   
      
   In article <401eb79e.3815714@supernews.seanet.com>, derekl1963   
   @nospamyahoo.com says...   
   > I always find it odd when people insist the ISS should already have   
   > accomplised great things.   
      
   ISS Expedition 1 was launched over three years ago. From first to last   
   (manned) flights of Mercury was 2 years. Gemini: 2-1/2 years. Apollo:   
   just over 4 years, with the first lunar landing less than a year after   
   the first manned flight. So isn't is reasonable to expect *something*   
   from ISS?   
   --   
   Kevin Willoughby         kevinwilloughby@acm.orgNoSpam.invalid   
      
   Imagine that, a FROG ON-OFF switch, hardly the work   
   for test pilots. -- Mike Collins   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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