XPost: sci.physics, rec.aviation.homebuilt   
   From: glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu   
      
   In article <1117102996.338746.302410@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
     wrote:   
   >> And the crew, for the near future at least, will be   
   >> taking the peeping toms along via downlink!   
   >   
   >I think the people who decide whether a Mars flight gets funded, will   
   >tell you that the downlink of the show,  is 99% of what made it   
   >sell-able.....   
   >   
   >Is there any real reason why the Mars flight couldn't be funded by TV   
   >networks and product endorsements?  These two forces do a rather good   
   >job of carrying on the charade that Professional and College Sports,   
   >and the Olympics,  are about athletics....   
   >   
      
      
   I've wanted to try to get corporate sponsorships into the lab.  I imagine   
   painting the whole cryostat like a can of Budweiser and calling it the   
   Anheuser-Busch Neutron Radiometer.   
      
      
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