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1 posted on 02/01/2003 7:56:27 PM PST by nwrep
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8 posted on 02/02/2003 7:34:37 AM PST by Rain-maker
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I used to live a few blocks from Shuttles when I worked at KSC.

One of the reasons I got out was that another accident was inevitable; My wife and I decided that we didn't want our entire life savings tied up in a home in the area. We had heard the stories about after the Apollo program ended, where people were just walking away from their homes - they just couldn't sell them.

Low pay... rotating shifts...job insecurity...rampant political bureaucratic BS...too many people dying young of heart attacks. I loved the space program, but not enough to die for it.

9 posted on 02/02/2003 9:39:12 AM PST by snopercod
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a sleepy patch of orange groves and fishing communities whose inhabitants were far healthier.
15 posted on 02/02/2003 4:32:33 PM PST by verity
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