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To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (27248)	2/2/2003 12:06:49 PM
From: Louis V. Lambrecht	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36161

Frank - from what I heard and seen, I don't understand either why they made the return trip. I am not a resources specialist , I just imagine that the shuttle could have circled for a certain amount of time, or even tempted a rendez-vous with the space lab. Waiting for another shuttle to rescue (three left), or even, buy some Soyouz. I didn't heard yet from an extra-vehicular inspection of the shuttle either. But heard that they didn't bothered re-installing the cameras monitoring the tiles. The heck! Even a fighter pilot walks around his plane to inspect it visually before taking off. Is it just another example of misplace US ego? Risking the odds of a return trip instead of calling the Russians to the recue and losing face? Would they have lost face? I don't think so.

To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (27248)	2/3/2003 4:58:58 PM
From: Yogizuna	Respond to of 36161

*OT* Frank, I think basically what we have here is a lot of people with vested interests in an aging and somewhat <g> obsolete technology, who desire to cling to the past instead of moving forward to bigger and better things, sort of like buggy whip manufacturers in the early 1900s.... Eventually I would like to see us go to Mars because it is becoming increasingly obvious there was and even still may be some life there, but I pray they do it right and not cheaply and or sloppily.