leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger) (07/25/89)
:1961-1969: 8 years of Apollo. | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology :1969-1989: 20 years of nothing.| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu I presume that this means manned flight, if not, I would take some exception to the implication. From memory there was: Pioneer 10 & 11, Mariner Mars 71, Mariner-Venus-Mercury 73, Viking I & II, Helios I & II (with the FRG), Voyager I & II, Pioneer Venus, IRAS (with the UK & the Netherlands), and Magellan. Lee "I'm the NRA" "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin 1759 |Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/393-0516 FTS 977-0516 |{ames!cit-vax,}!elroy!jpl-devvax!leem leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV
eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (07/25/89)
In article <5440@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger) writes: >:1961-1969: 8 years of Apollo. | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology >:1969-1989: 20 years of nothing.| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu > >I presume that this means manned flight, I don't even think it's manned flight. It discounts other trips into other areas the moon by other humans. But then Henry isn't known for his tact. What's this got to do with the shuttle? Move it back to space. Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?" "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {ncar,decwrl,hplabs,uunet}!ames!eugene Live free or die.