[NicknamedBob]

I suppose I can accept that you don’t believe it. I had some doubters when I was describing the expedition to the Sun a little while back.

Still, if you think we did not go ahead with it, in spite of all the planning, and obvious effort we made, what was it, in your considered opinion, that made us stop?

One of my favorite episodes of “Rugrats” had Chuckie, saying brightly, when they had run into some worrisome obstacles, “I’ve got an idea! Let’s just quit!”

Do you think it was that? We just decided to quit? Like the Barbie doll deciding that “Math is hard”, we chose to just give up, while the entire world was watching our every step along the way.

Sure. “Close enough for government work, fellas. The rubes will never know the difference.”

I don’t think so.

[GOPJ]

All this happened in the pre Watergate era - it was a different time. Many lies were told to civilians in the name of national security. And that was OK with most people. We were in this situation together. Aagin, the preWatergate era was different.

And I'll bet that was the mindset going into this situation. There was a cold war "end" that justified the means.

Someday we'll know.

Or not.

But in the mean time, I don't believe in unicorns, global warming caused by man, or moon landings. I do believe in horses, climate change caused by the natural ebb and flow of climate patterns, and I believe in the space program - in the Mars program and the space station.

That will have to be enough for you, Bob.

[Tax-chick]

Good morning! I dreamed that I was back in college (same one) trying to find classes in buildings that didn’t exist in the 1980s. My old tax accounting professor was still there, and one of the Mexican ladies from church was working in the bookstore.