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Don't you just *love* politics???<br>
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David :)<br>
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Paul Szymkowiak wrote:
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type="cite">Fair call David: I agree.
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<div>To clarify, I'm less worried about being ridiculed, and more
worried about the loss of ongoing funding/ sponsors for the HSP
program that could result from a significant negative public
opinion/ perception.
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Paul<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 July 2012 10:00, David <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ainut@hiwaay.net" target="_blank">ainut@hiwaay.net</a>></span>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I, for one, don't
care about being mocked and ridiculed as long as the
important jobs get done (when possible.)<br>
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David M.
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Paul Szymkowiak wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Agreed. I like it.
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<div>Reading the associated links, it gave me
these gems:</div>
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<div>"The Government Is Broke Because It Takes
These Idiotic Flying Cars Seriously"</div>
<div>"<span>It's easy to just mock and dismiss
something this loony—but Darpa has a budget
of $3 billion. That's $3 billion of our
dollars. And part of those $3 billion are
being spent to take this seriously, giving
Boeing and AAI a chance to compete in this
clown college food fight of a design
competition.</span>"</div>
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<div> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gizmodo.com/5853290/the-government-is-broke-because-it-takes-these-idiotic-flying-cars-seriously"
target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/5853290/the-government-is-broke-because-it-takes-these-idiotic-flying-cars-seriously</a></div>
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<div>Just highlighted for me for me that we might
need to be diligent about how we spend the DARPA
grant funds, and the projects we support with
funding: otherwise we'll have the joyous
experience of being mocked and ridiculed in the
press.</div>
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<div>Paul<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 July 2012 08:12,
Alex <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alexcg@gmail.com"
target="_blank">alexcg@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>Interesting idea, and DARPA involved
too</div>
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<strong>US Military Wants Space Zombies
to Feed on Dead Satellites</strong><br>
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href="http://gizmodo.com/5925522/"
target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/5925522/</a><br>
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href="http://flipboard.com"
target="_blank">Flipboard</a>)</div>
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Alex Cureton-Griffiths<br>
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value="+8613681860166"
target="_blank">+86-136-8186-0166</a></div>
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alexceegee</span></div>
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