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In article <688@proxftl.UUCP> greg@proxftl.UUCP (Gregory N. Hullender) writes:
>
> it makes me sick when I think how much interplanetary data
>we might have had if we'd been able to launch anything since Voyager, as
>contrasted to what scientific data we've got from the shuttle, which is
>exactly zero.
>--

A curious definition of "zero" to be sure. Obviously the researchers from
3 successful Spacelab missions might disagree. John Scully Power, the 
oceanographer on board STS-41D would likewise disagree, simply by the
fact that he saw structures and currents in the ocean that no one had 
ever noticed before. If the data return is "zero" why would 3M continue
to waste money on their CFES experiments flight after flight. While 
it remains a trade secret exactly what they're working on, one rumor
has it that it may help cure 40% of all arthritis in the country once
it is put into production. Hardly a zero in my book.

Oh, say, what about that Solar Maximum Satillite?
now since that is repaired, and returning data on what might be the
greatest sun-spot peak ever, would you classify that as "zero"?
Will the Hubble Space Telescope (made for the shuttle and astronaut
servicing) return "zero" data??

>		Greg Hullender  uflorida!novavax!proxftl!greg
>		3511 NE 22nd Ave / Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
>

Go back to your dictionary.

-- 
			   *** mike (starship janitor) smithwick ***
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, or all of the people
 some of the time, but you can't fool Mom".
[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]