Paul Quinn wrote to Roy Witt:

 PQ>>> you're conveniently excluding all the prior work done in ballooning
 PQ>>> in the late-1880s.

 RW>> Any Aussies baloon to space and then take a nose dive to earth?

 PQ> "Only those who attempt the absurd achieve the impossible."  A good
 PQ> many other people have balked at the thought, probably for good
 PQ> reason(s).

Their knees wobble too much.

 PQ> (RE: Mythbusters...)

 RW>> If they couldn't reproduce what Steven Spielberg did in the movie,
 RW>> American Grafitti, what entertainment is that?

 PQ> Ermm, it's in the journey not of the getting there.  For me, it was
 PQ> similarly with the Rocket City Red Neck show (till their accents
 PQ> became as grating to my patience as do Kiwi accents).  The
 PQ> entertainment is in the 'makings' of their attempts.  Any actual
 PQ> outcomes are unimportant.

I'd be disappointed with anything but the outcome. Getting there is
important, as you may learn a few things along the way, but successfully
doing something is worth more. If they don't succeed, then I feel like
I've wasted a whole hour in which I could be learning something
worthwhile.


         R\%/itt


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