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- From: gallas2@bray1a.its.rpi.edu (Sean Michael Gallagher)
- Subject: Re: Uri's Magic
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
- References: <gdavis.723949216@griffin> <3062@israel.nysernet.org>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 03:10:05 GMT
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- In article <3062@israel.nysernet.org>, warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein) writes:
- |> "They invited me to come quickly to NASA's control center. They have
- |> a problem with the space probe Galileo, which was sent to Jupiter. It
- |> cost the a lot of money, has already traveled millions of kilometers,
- |> but its antenna has not opened. They called me, and I will try to
- |> help them. I will stand in the control center, I will concentrate,
- |> and by means of my mental power, I will try to open the antenna.
- |>
- |> "The Americans have a practical approach. They have already tried
- |> everything else and failed. So one of the senators connected to the
- |> space project has now turned to me.. What do they have to lose? If I
- |> succeed, I will save a mission worth billions. If I fail - nothing
- |> has been lost. How much would they have invested? In all, an airline
- |> ticket, a few days in a hotel, and some money for my time."
- |> --
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- I really hope this isn't true. I have never been one to underestimate the
- stupidity of a Congresscritter, but this is too much. If one of the senators
- on the Senate S&T Committee believes in Uri Geller, I can understand why NASA
- has so much trouble...How can you expect to ask for more funding for your
- research when the Congresscritter thinks you can just call in a "psychic" to
- solve the problem for you. Can anybody flatly deny this article and save my
- faith in my country?
-