[FPSPACE] First thoughts on Abbey / Lane report

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Anatoli has it right on this score. Well stated. 

David

> Maybe also we need to be careful that such over-sensitivity does 
> not become a one-way street and amounts to a sensorship on a 
> public forum. I can probably point you to your own statements, 
> which could be considered insulting to Russians or Europeans, or 
> to a liberal thinker, however they were considered a part of the 
> discussion. 
> 
> Just because the topic is partisan or uncomfortable to somebody 
> doesn't mean it shouldn't be discussed. Again, it is my strong 
> opinion that space program can not be separated from the rest of 
> history, and "incompetence" should be identified as such, as long 
> as you can prove it.  Or should I call it "wrong decisions" or "ill-
> conceived decisions" to be more diplomatic?


David S. F. Portree
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