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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 11:17:00 EST
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- From: DGPAZ@CLEMSON.BITNET
- Subject: Re: US NATIONAL EPIC
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- On Sun, 15 Nov 1992 15:49:46 EST Lenny <LABBEY@GTRI01.BITNET> said:
- > Well, Denis, at least we agree that the Apollo project is right up
- > there with wheels and metal in the list of human achievements.
-
- The Apollo project as part of the bigger picture of space
- exploration, including the steps that went before, like manned
- suborbital launches, &c. Our space exploration is up there with
- wheels, metal -- and the flaking of flint, which perhaps was a
- bigger step than the smelting of metal and space exploration.
-
- > Its good to see you suddenly appreciating this country. Warms my
- > heart.
-
- Say what? I thought we were talking about space exploration? I had
- in mind really exciting (to me) developments like Telstar, Sputnik,
- Willy Ley, Laika (is that correct?-- the space-going dog, Soviet,
- of course), Werner von Braun, cosmonauts and astronauts. I can
- appreciate US, Soviet, and Nazi contributions to the space effort
- without thereby unquestioningly endorsing everything else about
- US, Soviet, and Nazi society. Isn't that common sense?
-
- Denis Paz
- Department of History
- Clemson University
- South Carolina, USA
- dgpaz@clemson.bitnet
-