Re: Which X-Treme Spacer Are You?



Monte Davis wrote:

Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



I've run into every one of those guys on these newsgroups.



Sure, but which one(s) do you encounter in the mirror? :-) | (-:



Probably the Detail Man; I've always been most interested in the nuts and bolts of space exploration.
You missed a group though- the ones that would prefer to do everything unmanned to keep costs down.
I'd be in that one also.

Pat
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