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To me it's not that it's newsworthy or not, but how it's presented. It's not that Americans/Europeans can't do what the Indians did, but that we're not interes
by IanDrake 12y ago
To me it's not that it's newsworthy or not, but how it's presented.
It's not that Americans/Europeans can't do what the Indians did, but that we're not interested in doing what they did. The article seems to confuse the two.
- mikeash 12y agoHow do you know they can do it, if they never have? "I could do that, I just don't want to" is the lamest excuse in the book.
- IanDrake 12y agoThat is a lame excuse in some contexts. However, if Superman leaps over an entire building, then is asked to jump off a curb and declines, I think you can safely assume he could do it, but doesn't feel like it. If I jump off a curb and say I could jump over that yonder building (if I felt like it, but I don't). Then, yes, that would be lame.
- mikeash 12y agoWhen have any of these agencies ever done the cheap space mission equivalent of leaping over a building?