Re: "The Future of Human Spaceflight"

Quadibloc <jsavard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On Jan 15, 10:42 am, Ian Parker <ianpark...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> There is one additional point which should be made. Venus is a
:> complete red herring - and you know it.
:
:You raised the issue of why we aren't as polite here as people are at
:conferences of respected scientists.
:
:I was pointing out that there are people spouting nonsense here, and
:being as polite to them as if they were respected scientists
:presenting the results of hard work based on sound knowledge would
:give their nonsense a credibility which it does not deserve, thereby
:confusing others.
:

In other words, Ian, we're anti-idiot and that's why you come in for
so much abuse.


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