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Old September 2nd 08, 05:37 PM posted to sci.space.history,sci.space.policy
Derek Lyons
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"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

Nowadays, people expect engineers to be able to re-solve the problems that
were already solved in the fifties and sixties without much difficulty.


People hold all manner of dammfool ignorant unfounded beliefs.


But one shouldn't also excuse away some of their mistakes either.


Certainly. But they key is, as you suggest, to differentiate between
dammfool beliefs and dammfool political decisions.

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