Re: How journalists write 'balanced' shuttle articles -- like watching sausages and laws being made?

Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
: On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:03:58 +0000, in a place far, far away, Rémy
: MERCIER <Rmy.MERCIER.1toa9p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:


: >> No, we could build a facility in L1 that would be much more useful for
: >> that.-
: >>
: >> And that idea seems even more expensive than simply completing the
: >> ISS.-
: >>
: >> No, it could actually be done much cheaper, if that's the goal.
: >> Recall that ISS is expensive because a) it used the Shuttle and b) it
: >> was primarily a jobs program, secondarily a foreign aid program and
: >> the goal of actually building a useful space station was way down the
: >> list.
: >
: >hi
: >???"""a foreign aid program"""???
: >I do not understand.

: Well, that's obvious. There's much you don't understand.


And based upon your non-response, the same could be said about you.

Eric
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