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Fred J. McCall ) wrote:
: h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

: :On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:45:27 GMT, in a place far, far away, Fred J.
: :McCall made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
: :such a way as to indicate that:
: :
: :
: ::I'm only saying that it's easy relative to how difficult some think
: ::it, not in any absolute sense.
: :
: :Well, that's the first time THAT has come out.
: :
: :No, it isn't. You haven't been paying attention.

: ********.

: ::Was ISS 'easy'?
: ::It largely seems so, by your definition, and yet it is an order of
: ::magnitude over the original budget estimates and still seems well
: ::short of the originally discussed capabilities.
: ::
: ::That has nothing to do with the intrinsic ease or difficulty of
: ::building space stations.
: :
: :No? Then where is all the money going? It's easy, remember? Why did
: :it have to keep adding budget and schedule?
: :
: :Because the purpose of the program was not to build a space station.
: :The purpose of the program was to provide full employment in certain
: :congressional districts.

: We have congressional districts near Baikonur now?

A better question is, which congressional districts are you referring?

Eric

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: "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
: territory."
: --G. Behn