From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Thu Oct 29 1998 - 21:30:20 MST
At 09:33 PM 10/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>I'm not impressed at all. I think manned space missions are a tremendous
>waste of my taxes. Very little real science has been done on these expensive
>flights of fancy and propaganda.
I'm not disagreeing with you about the cost of the mission and the
undesirability of tax funding, nor about the scientific gains. Nevertheless
I *am* still impressed and inspired. I try not to let my political views
get in the way of my appreciation for a magnificent triumph of human
intelligence over the forces of nature.
If you don't understand my response, please read Ayn Rand's classic essay
on Apollo and Dionysus (in The New Left).
Onward!
Max
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