WBD.MDC@OFFICE-8.ARPA (William Daul / McAir / McDonnell-Douglas Corp) (06/08/88)
message It struct me as being a bit humorous the SPACE news today. The primary story was the launch of the 3 Soviet cosmonauts (1 actually Bulgarian) and the secondary story was the successful imaginary (CBS did use that word to describe the simulation) launch of the shuttle. It got my imagination going... The US is so far ahead of the soviets in the imaginary space program. They can't even dream how far ahead. The imaginary launch even had a imaginary problem causing a imaginary early return. Imagine that! Our virtual space program is on the verge of great accomplishments. Perhaps we could have a virtual manned mission to Mars. The program would cost so much less. Virtual dollars are almost unlimited if we DO need to spend anything on it. The program would only be limited by the imagination. I am a bit jealous of the Soviet program...that is why I make light of ours here. I do hope we find the path to return to space. --Bi((