On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:56:02 +0000, Jim Oberg wrote:


"Craig Fink" wrote
Sending politicians into space for an attitude adjustment before they
begin there term in elected office sounds like a good idea to me. It
could be one of the best investments that taxpayers could make.

It's also been suggested to bring world leaders to a Pacific atoll every
ten years or so,
and set off an H-bomb nearby so they can watch it, and then walk around
the devastated area.

lol, kind of like the difference between World Peace and Pieces. While not
everybody may consider a trip to orbit a carrot, the H-bomb tour you
described would most definitely have to be considered a stick.

BTW, I believe that the site of the original atomic bomb test in New
Mexico is now open one day a year for public tours.


So we do have a non-zero sample size and it is not encouraging.

The sample size of astronauts and cosmonauts is much larger and therefore
statistically significant in determining changes in attitude.

Craig Fink
Badnarik for President