benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (T Cox) (02/04/86)
[] Challenger blew up. Therefore we should stop trying. is analogous to I fell down. Therefore I should stop trying to walk. Wrong conclusion, bozos. Try again. ========== Unrelated topic: Looks, from today's [Tuesday's] paper, one week exactly after the disaster, that NASA has been withholding information and/or lying to the public. I sympathize with the idea of being quiet until you have something to say, but as an aspiring public relations professional with a career PR professional for a father, I can tell you that NASA did wrong. They are now [today, anyway] coming across as less than honest. First rule of public relations [and indeed of life] : Build trust through honest communications. NASA has not. I would tend to blame their stand-in acting director, who is not that experienced at this stuff. If I'm right, and I'm afraid I am, what will this do to NASA and to the shuttle program -- and to manned space projects? Thomas Cox -- ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!benn ...but I will defend to the death your right to ... you said *WHAT*?