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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (3247)3/16/1999 9:26:00 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 13015
 
Uhoh---who got there first? Edgerton or von Braun?

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Wernher von Braun



To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (3247)3/16/1999 10:32:00 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13015
 
Columbus was engaged in basic research. He was using government money. He didn't know where he was going when he set out, he didn't know where he was when he got there, and he didn't know where he had been when he got back.