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Old 24-March-2008, 05:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Delvo View Post
...none of which is what the fans watch and spend money on and cheer for.
And which sounds even more mind-numbingly boring than 200 mph billboards, as if that's possible.

The majority of what goes on in the space program really isn't that interesting. It's important, but it'd be about as educational and fun to see as watching your taxes being done, or a painter do their entire painting from beginning to end. Hours and hours of debugging software, cleaning mirrors, checking voltages, ultrasound-checking metal for microscopic faults--sounds like engaging TV. Still better than watching trashy people metaphorically stab each other in the back on a tropical island though.
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