[net.space] Shuttles, Ladders and Lotteries

green@osu-eddie.UUCP (jeffrey greenberg) (02/05/86)

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1,000 people have been killed in South Africa in the past year.
Still, I watched TV all day when the shuttle vaporized.
People invest in lotteries and join armies when times are poor.
From space, the earth can be viewed from a distance.
	("The ladder extends us beyond ourselves, hence its importance.
	But where does one place a ladder in space?"
		Edmond Jabes, The Book of Questions)

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jeffrey greenberg
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kerry@ctvax (02/07/86)

>>......
>>Still, I watched all day when the shuttle vaporized.
                                             ^^
                                          It didn't quite vaporize.
                                          'Disintegrate' would probably be
                                          more accurate, but probably not
                                          as melodramatic.