Fair call David: I agree.<div><br></div><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.<div>

<br clear="all"><br>Paul<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 July 2012 10:00, David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ainut@hiwaay.net" target="_blank">ainut@hiwaay.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


  
    
  
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    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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    Paul Szymkowiak wrote:
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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 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 class="gmail_quote">On 13 July 2012 08:12, Alex <span dir="ltr"><<a 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>
                <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5925522/" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/5925522/</a><br>
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                Alex Cureton-Griffiths<br>
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                <div>Twitter: alexcg / <span>Skype: alexceegee</span></div>
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