Re: (meteorobs) Perspective

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Perspective
From: George Gliba <gliba@milkyway.gsfc.nasadot gov>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:04:14 -0500
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On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 04:08:48PM -0500, Michael Linnolt wrote:

>While clearing my mailbox of this deluge of messages on the shuttle tragedy, 
>it occured to me how little news is accorded to the 1000's of people who die 
>of starvation in Africa and to the 500,000 or more who die of cancer in the 
>US every year... Now where should we be spending the billions of dollars it 
>will cost to figure out a more reliable spaceship?

Yes, but this is really a naive argument. The starvation in Africa is mostly
caused by drought and/or politics. The causes for cancer can be very complex.
Both of these problems, and others, like homelessness, poverty, apathy,
illiteracy, crime, ignorance, etc. are problems that money alone can't fix.
The Columbia 7 are heros because they were explorers that lost their lives
expanding the frontiers of human knowledge; continuing the quest for a better
scientific understanding of the Universe.

GWG
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(meteorobs) Perspective

From: Michael Linnolt <mlinnolt@alum.mitdot edu>