(Derek Lyons) wrote:
(Dan Huizenga) wrote:
What are generally the minimum requirements to become an astronaut on
the shuttle?

At least enough intelligence to educate oneself on the basics of a
topic prior to asking questions.

You fail this simple test.

Derek, I normally find your posts to be a positive contribution to the
group, but I think this one was a little toooo much from the hip.

Questions like this are often required to help the questioner figure
out what the proper way to approach the issue is. Look at it as the
first step in writing a term paper: write a short paragraph about
what the paper's topic is. After that you can use the bubbles drawing
or the outliner or 3x5 cards and go off to the library. Often times,
that short paragraph ends up getting tossed and a new one replaces it,
that may turn into the introductory paragraph of the final paper.

Or perhaps the proper way to view it is that Dan walks into the soda
shop after class, and spots Derek in a booth. Derek is home on leave,
it seems, and Dan realizes he has an opportunity to get a quick
picture of life beneath the waves: "Hey, Derek! Great to see you!
Hey, man, I've been wondering, when I go down to the recruiting
office, what do I need to tell the man to make sure *I* end up on a
boomer?"

And, as Pat Flannery pointed out in ssh, Googling is an art, and not
just turn the crank....

/dps