Re: Cassini: its cost and purpose?

From: starman (starman_at_tech.net)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 01:22:11 -0400

Jeff Schroeder wrote:
>
> I'd like to address the idea that money spent on space exploration (or many
> other govt. programs) is wasted or lost.
>
> First a disclaimer: I worked on the Cassini attitude control electronics for
> six+ years and was holding my breath along with a lot of others during orbit
> insertion.

I'd still like to know what JPL did with hundreds of thousands of SASE's
that were supposed to be returned to their senders, who participated in
the 'Cassini Fly Your Name Project'. JPL told me they didn't have enough
staff to process the SASE's. That's a lot of postage stamps that can't
be accounted for.

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