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re: When have I EVER supported blatantly SOCIALIST space programs? Japan should have offered Mars PRIZES, not contracts.

alcaray — 12/10/2003 12:19:55 AM (archived)

Maybe I misinterpreted your "Not bad for an $88 million dollar pricetag (according to Space.com)" or this, or this.

I apologize, if so.

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Nozomi will skip Mars - Raoul - 12/9/2003 7:34:52 PM
- Unfortunate... - Donald - 12/10/2003 2:23:28 PM
  - Mars score 0 for 1. Hoping for at least 4 for 5 now. (n/t) - Delbert - 12/10/2003 4:06:09 PM
    - Or Earth 14-Mars 18 (Since 1960) - SteveS - 12/10/2003 7:32:50 PM
- Sad news - SteveS - 12/9/2003 8:13:12 PM
  - re: Sad news - Raoul - 12/9/2003 8:26:48 PM
- So much for Japan's $88 million dollar Mars mission (and the inept Japanese govt. that planned it). - SpaceProjects.com - 12/9/2003 8:07:48 PM
  - Your support is pretty fickle (n/t) - alcaray - 12/9/2003 9:32:48 PM
    - When have I EVER supported blatantly SOCIALIST space programs? Japan should have offered Mars PRIZES, not contracts. - SpaceProjects.com - 12/9/2003 10:51:20 PM
      - re: When have I EVER supported blatantly SOCIALIST space programs? Japan should have offered Mars PRIZES, not contracts. - alcaray - 12/10/2003 12:19:55 AM
        
        Space socialists or space entrepreneurs, I wish Nozomi had succeeded. - SpaceProjects.com - 12/10/2003 2:08:24 AM
        
        Amen comrade. (n/t) - et - 12/10/2003 9:53:27 PM

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