the NASA science model always involves schoolchildren
they learn about bureaucracies, waste and corruption
The spacesuit project, known as SuitSat-1, was the brainchild of a Russian ham radio operator. It was supposed to send several words in code for schoolchildren listening on the ground.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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