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And I thank you.

Bowser — 4/28/2002 9:50:54 AM (archived)

Tom's been having a bit of trouble with words these days.

1 - Riding rockets and the preparation is dangerous.

2 - People make their choices.

3 - Sometimes it is plain stupid to not take precautions. Grissom, White and Chaffee were killed by stupidity, not by any inherent danger in space travel.

4 - When a tragedy happens, it is a tragedy. So what if they made a choice? Still a tragedy. Hard to understand when you're in the middle of some macho circle-jerk, I suppose.

5 - You guys with your "the hell with 'em, they made a choice" are ridiculous. (Sounds kinda bad, doesn't it. Tell the widows and widowers, the mothers, fathers, children, taxpayers, "It's not a tragedy, no reason to be safe, they died happy, doing with they loved, don't be sad, they made a choice. It's wrong to selfishly regard yourselves as suffering a loss, they made a choice!!") Silly.

Arf

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A question on X-Prize contest safety considerations. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/27/2002 2:55:15 PM
- They knew the job was dangerous when they took it... - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2002 7:20:18 PM
  - Re: They knew the job was dangerous when they took it... - Bowser - 4/27/2002 5:41:58 PM
    - You just don't get it, do you? - Larry J - 4/28/2002 4:40:32 PM
      - Thanks, Larry - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2002 7:22:35 PM
        
        At least 4 men had died trying to fly non-stop between NY and Paris - Larry J - 4/29/2002 2:02:03 PM
        
        Re: Nungesser and Coli.... - Raoul - 4/29/2002 4:35:51 PM
        
        Prevailing winds - Larry J - 4/29/2002 6:03:39 PM
      - Re: You just don't get it, do you? - delbert - 4/28/2002 10:46:25 AM
        
        Parachutes - Larry J - 4/29/2002 1:59:14 PM
      - And I thank you. - Bowser - 4/28/2002 9:50:54 AM
        
        No one said "To hell with them" - Larry J - 4/29/2002 1:52:13 PM
        
        Don't get tangled up - Bowser - 4/29/2002 4:08:56 PM
        
        Test pilots - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2002 6:56:04 PM
        
        Apollo 1 - Larry J - 4/29/2002 5:59:57 PM
        
        Re: And I thank you. - gbaikie - 4/28/2002 11:21:51 AM
        
        "Choosing" - Bowser - 4/28/2002 12:38:26 PM
        
        Ever heard the concept of "trade offs"? - s - 4/28/2002 2:10:58 PM
    - Lindbergh - Raoul - 4/28/2002 9:32:52 AM
- Re: A question on X-Prize contest safety considerations. - p - 4/27/2002 5:20:29 PM
  - Or a few bureaucrats could be volunteered. [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/28/2002 6:02:40 PM

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