In sci.space.history Pat Flannery wrote:
Explain how SpaceX is getting ready to do their second Falcon 9
launch with a operational standard Dragon capsule on it for a
complete orbital mission and recovery, while NASA's efforts in the
same direction haven't even yielded a operational version of the
first stage of the Ares I booster?

One not only needs bucks to get Buck Rogers, but one must also be able
to focus those bucks rather than be forced to peanut butter them
across congressional districts. Or, if forced to peanut butter them,
one needs BUCKS rather than bucks or Bucks.

rick jones
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