Philip Chien wrote: > > rkresken@esoc.esa.de said: > > >According to Space News, NASA is considering one more shuttle > ----------- > >visit to MIR to retrieve both russian and american science > >equipment and the shuttle docking adapter! > > For the life of me I can't see any legitimate justification as to why the well, I don't think this is much of a justification, but I would like to have pieces of the MIR (or the whole MIR but too expensive to do) on exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I wouldn't be bothered by my dollars going towards a mission to grab some things and pieces for museums like the Smithsonian, but I know many others may be (if I asked my coworkers at the insurance company office, I bet they would, for the most part, have problems with that use of taxpayer money). Maybe tack on a human sciences mission or imaging mission and it may not be too bad for the average taxpayer to accept the cost. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- de fcc sgn, Robert Smathers (roberts@nmia.com) Albuquerque, NM USA Robert's Satellite TV/Baseball page: http://www.nmia.com/~roberts/ Proud owner, 5 TODYWEN(!) and 5 BUD-lites - Albuquerque Intl. Downlinkport TVRO Audio Subcarrier/SCPC Guide columnist, MONITORING TIMES Magazine