From: snidelyd@netscape.com   
      
   Sander Vesik  wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > I think somewhere the priorities of space programs etc have gone terribly   
   > awry. Why is it that nothing can happen unless teh astronauts are in way   
   > less danger than sailors on common 1st world fishing boats? Never mind   
   > 3rd world ones.   
   >   
   > Couldn't we just assign them a certain amount of weight and size into   
   > which   
   > they can fit their food and then have them make their own decisions? They   
   > are adult, after all...   
   >   
      
   But they aren't acting on their own.  They are being *sent* by *us*.  On   
   *our* dime.  When this changes, then *we* don't have to be responsible for   
   their safety.   
      
   /dps   
      
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