Chuck, are you sure this isn't already happening? (Conspiracies, conspiracies...) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:13 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] NASA budget compromise | If you want better funding for NASA, turn it over to | the defense department and drop the civilian | management. The shuttle would have been flying after | Columbia almost immediately-the military philosophy | being that if you lose a few personnel in service, you | send thousands more. There would be a huge fleet of | those suckers (albeit painted green cammo), and | astronauts would be required to spend 24 months in | space during their entire enlistment period. The | shuttle payload bay would have the most cool rotary | missle launcher you've ever seen. There would be | fleets of Hubbles, which could look down as well, | pinpointing any and all enemy locations. Orbit Guards | would go to space one weekend a month, two weeks every | year, and bring home a little extra money while | securing a nice little retirement. Additionally, the | military funds mountains of research. Even a small | fraction of the military budget devoted to research | would still be far more than the entire budget of a | strictly civilian space program- no more unemployed | scientists. | | ;) | | __________________________________________________ | Do You Yahoo!? | Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around | http://mail.yahoo.com | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |