Brett Buck wrote:

Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack ) wrote:


Andy Rooney doesn't seem to care that the Moon is spartan compared to
Mars in things like actually having an atmosphere with water and CO2.
Why doesn't Andy care? Send him an e-mail.

And lots of pundits proved rockets couldn't work in a vacuum because
they wouldn't have anything to puch against.

Rooney's not really a space 'pundit', maybe a spaced pundit.



Andy Rooney is a professional crank, and wouldn't even understand
the basic elements of the issue, much less details like surface
conditions, etc. I wouldn't bother with email - at best it will be
ignored, at worst provide fodder for his next random utterances.

I was hoping it would provide fodder for that. Of course you'd need LOTS
of e-mails to get in over the noise.



He's not deciding anything, he's not influencing anyone who matters
one way or the other, I see no reason to spend any further time worrying
about it.

He's only speaking to millions of people every time he talks on 60
Minutes.