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- From: gsh7w@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
- Subject: Re: "What's New" July-24-1992
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.030615.5926@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:06:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.024403.5319@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- # Yes 'forced'. Meaning that they were made to do something that
- # they would rather not, for good and obvious reasons.
-
- And what are these good and obvious reasons, pray tell?
-
- # The position of the APS is that the space station is not 'science'
- # and should not be funded as such. I would just expect them to pursue
- # other 'science purity' issues with the same vigour.
-
- They do pursue such purity with all such multi-billion dollar projects
- in the budget. Oh, what's that? Astrology isn't funded by the US
- government? Damn, there goes your arguement.
-
- # So it is competition for dollars with other programs of more
- # direct interest to APS rather than the 'science-thing'? I'm
- # shocked.
-
- Well, you created this strawman, so it isn't suprizing that you are
- shocked by it. However, since I never claimed it was solely the
- competition for dollars, you lose. Judging the bang per buck of a
- project certainly is a valid thing to do for the APS.
-
- # Agreed. However, it is disingenuous to say that it is any different
- # for SSC. By the way, the hypocracy of the APS with regard to
- # SSF and SSC was the original subject. It still exists.
-
- Oh, the fact that the APS and you draw different conclusions about the
- scientific merit of the SSC makes them hypocrites?
-
- The APS has reached the conclusion that the scientific gains of the
- SSC are large, and it has a good ratio of science to cost, so they
- support it.
-
- The APS has reached the conclusion that the scientific gains of the
- SSF are minimal, and it has a poor ratio of science to cost, so they
- oppose it.
-
- Refresh my memory, would you Dale, on why this arguement is
- hypocritical?
-
-
- --
- -Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia
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