EELV Cost Almost Doubles

(Henry Spencer) wrote:

In article ,
Derek Lyons wrote:
The dinosaurs' track record looks better only if you disregard their
failures and count just successes...

True, but having absolutely nothing to do with my point.

On the contrary, it's exactly on point. You're claiming that the
dinosaurs are a better choice because of their track record;

I made no such claim.

my point is that there is no foundation for that claim. Their track record is
*bigger* but it's not *better*. There's no valid basis for claiming that
the mammals' successes are accidents and the dinosaurs' aren't, which was
the original issue.

The dinosaurs track record stretches back decades, the mammals record
in most cases, doesn't. In a rational world, this shouldn't matter,
but it does.

D.
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Oct 5th, 2004 JDL