Re: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!

[Jeff Self <jocknerd@xxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 07:08 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix 
wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 01:19:33PM -0500, James wrote:
>
>> I sure wish I could withdraw my support of NASA. Unfortunately this is
>> impossible because NASA is hugely subsidized by the taxes extorted 
>> from me.
>
> We pay less for NASA than the cost of a single squadron of B2 bombers.
> NASA is about research, and that means failure.  It's funding needs to
> be increased.
>

Expect funding for NASA to go down in the future. Bush has already 
announced he wants to increase defense spending another 4%.

--
Jeff Self
Apple OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)  Powered by Unix, Styled by Apple


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