Case in point: Recently we backed out of a Mars mission we had told ESA we would participate in and now ESA is getting cozy with the Chinese (who we refuse to team up with): http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMSHVERI7H_index_0.html And India has it's own plans for Mars: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-test-fires-Mars-mission-engin... Sigh... patrick (not speaking for anyone but myself) On 02 Oct 2012, at 17:12, Wiggins Patrick wrote:
And maybe more importantly, only as good as the next short sighted congress that can't see beyond the next election.
patrick (who is starting to think that the next folks we hear speaking from beyond LEO will be speaking Mandarin).
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On 2 Oct 2012, at 16:24, Larry Holmes <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:
"could be used." As I said, mostly boilerplate. 73, lh
On 10/2/2012 4:09 PM, Joe Bauman wrote:
FYI
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