Jeff Findley wrote:
"Allen Thomson" wrote in message
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On May 18, 7:52 am, (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
This is the kind of thing we used to do here before the trolls took
over.

http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/05...g-for-griffin/

Sorry, Henry, but Usenet really is dying. The interesting
conversation is happening on the web now.
Just read it, and it's excellent. I wonder who "anonymous" is.

Usenet isn't totally dead, but it sure has gone downhill since a
decade ago -- and the S/N was remarkably low even then. Oh, well, as
long as there's a searchable archive it's still useful as a filing
cabinet.

Much of what anonymous discusses has been discussed here before.

That said, anonymous seems to be well informed about what's going on with
VSE/ESAS/Ares/Orion and has put together some insightful observations about
the program. He's obviously a very good writer as well. It also helps that
he shares many of my views about VSE/ESAS/Ares/Orion. ;-)

Your typical sci.space troll is none of the above.

Even your average sci.space.policy advocate is smart enough to know that
VSE/ESAS/Ares/Orion is complete and utter bilge, and will be history
soon after January 20, 2009. We've got far more serious geological,
financial and political problems right here on the planet Earth, that
only a space program centered right here on the planet Earth can solve.

What anonymous is discussing is a dead horses head in the bedroom.

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