Posted by mikhail99 on February 2, 2003, at 20:41:12
In reply to You don't think they come from same pot?, posted by Marathon Man on February 2, 2003, at 14:19:23
> They absolutely positively do come from the same pot. Many will use this tradgedy to lobby for more funds to build new shuttles. We can't let this happen. We have failed in the past to be pro-active in fighting for our rights. I know you feel the pain of all the millions of mental illness casualties. The most bizzarr aspect of my own struggle is that I have survived thus far. I can honestly say I would trade what I have had to go through for the astronauts lives. Just the facts, cold and hard.
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What I mean, MM is that designating funds for a space program and designating funds for health research is discussed and planned for by completely different people. I think you oversimplify when you talk about space programs vs. mental health research. I would only agree in that politicians probably don't attach the same importance to the two things.
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