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Toma B
post Sep 22 2005, 02:29 PM
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What is this???
Tethys baseball ball???
IS THIS JOKE???
IS THIS SUPOSETO BE FUNNY????

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djellison
post Sep 22 2005, 02:40 PM
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If a baseball theme is what it takes to get peoples attention, then so be it.

It's a bit 'tabloid' - but you have to go down that road to get the publics attention now-a-days.

It doesnt degrade data, it doesnt take scientist or engineers away from the project, it doesnt use Cassini's fuel - it's just a PR theme. No harm done.

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post Sep 22 2005, 03:50 PM
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It's a bit 'tabloid' - but you have to go down that road to get the publics attention now-a-days.
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Alas. This is all the problem.
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post Sep 22 2005, 05:29 PM
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QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Sep 22 2005, 08:50 AM)
Alas. This is all the problem.
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To remind us of our own nearsightedness, space exploration is an exciting thing and something more people ought to partake of, but do any of us show every topic the precise correct amount of attention proportional to how much it deserves? When a poet wins a prize, do you pay attention? When a new archaeological dig takes place, do you pay attention? Is the tenth best jazz musician now playing in France better or worse than the tenth best jazz musician now playing in the US?

It's tempting to take one's (subcommunity's) interest as a virtue, and then take it to be a necessary virtue, and then as something of a shame that others don't share the interest, but we're all guilty of not being interested in countless worthy things. Maybe someone else needs to do shameless things to draw our attention to their beloved thing. Are we then the problem?

I bristle a bit at the slightest hint that those who don't share an interest are in some sense wrong. If that's wrong, we're all wrong.
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- Toma B   Is This Stupid Or What?   Sep 22 2005, 02:29 PM
- - um3k   What, scientists aren't allowed to have fun?   Sep 22 2005, 02:36 PM
- - djellison   If a baseball theme is what it takes to get people...   Sep 22 2005, 02:40 PM
|- - Richard Trigaux   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 22 2005, 02:40 PM)It...   Sep 22 2005, 03:50 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   I'm glad to say that I know zip about baseball...   Sep 22 2005, 05:10 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Sep 22 2005, 08:50 A...   Sep 22 2005, 05:29 PM
|- - Richard Trigaux   QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 22 2005, 05:29 PM)It...   Sep 23 2005, 07:17 AM
- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Toma B @ Sep 22 2005, 07:29 AM)What is...   Sep 22 2005, 02:51 PM
- - Toma B   WHY IS THERE KID'S SECTION OF THAT SITE??? Th...   Sep 22 2005, 02:58 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Toma B @ Sep 22 2005, 02:58 PM)Let...   Sep 22 2005, 06:44 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Toma B @ Sep 22 2005, 02:58 PM)Let...   Sep 22 2005, 08:15 PM
- - dvandorn   So -- how is this any more stupid than having Daff...   Sep 22 2005, 06:41 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Sep 22 2005, 10:41 AM)So --...   Sep 23 2005, 03:33 AM
|- - mchan   There is also this description in the mission desc...   Sep 23 2005, 05:12 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 23 2005, 04:33 AM)But I l...   Sep 23 2005, 06:17 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   There are times when I get the distinct impression...   Sep 23 2005, 08:17 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Sep 23 2005, 09:17 AM)Th...   Sep 23 2005, 11:03 AM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Sep 23 2005, 06:03 AM)Bruce...   Sep 23 2005, 12:44 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Sep 23 2005, 01:44 PM)Th...   Sep 23 2005, 05:14 PM
- - deglr6328   QUOTE (Toma B @ Sep 22 2005, 02:58 PM)WHY IS ...   Sep 23 2005, 08:19 AM
|- - jaredGalen   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Sep 23 2005, 09:19 AM)I al...   Sep 23 2005, 08:35 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Sep 23 2005, 11:03 AM)Bruce...   Sep 24 2005, 01:53 AM
- - Myran   To Richard Trigaux: Marvin the Martian and Daffy D...   Sep 24 2005, 03:14 AM

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