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...Kubrick sets him the sort of test and trap that real-boy Martin sets for David: a man must learn the limits of hope. And then, often, he dies. If there's a happy ending in a Kubrick film, it is in 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which an astronaut evolves into a Star Child. Man becomes not-man, better-than-man, by shrugging off that mean thing we flatter by calling humanity...
...embezzling $10 million from the networking equipment maker and one of its smaller partners; in San Jose, California. ARRESTED. BADARUDDIN ISMAIL, 56, Malaysian human- rights activist and the 10th person arrested this year under the country's draconian Internal Security Act; in Kuala Lumpur. DIED. DAVID WALKER, 56, former astronaut who commanded the 1989 Atlantis voyage and launched the Magellan probe that mapped the surface of Venus; in Houston, Texas. Walker also flew on three other U.S. space shuttle missions, including the 1984 Discovery, which was the first successful attempt at retrieving satellites from orbit. DIED. ISAAC ("IKE") COLE...
...folks have mocked Dennis Tito, the billionaire amateur astronaut, for writing a check to live out his dream of space travel - and even more people have criticized the cash-starved Russian space program for accepting his $20 million for an uncomfortable seat on the international space station...
...from issuing executive orders or declaring war or firing cabinet members, but why can't he greet the Girl Scouts, welcome foreign ambassadors, and give the odd speech - the kind of ceremonial things that mostly make up a President's day anyway? And like being an astronaut (remember, we've sent chimps and retired senators into space), there are no real requirements for the job. As far as I can tell, the constitution says nothing against renting out the Presidency for a premium rate...
...have billionaires pay to star in the movie itself? This way, the studios would be able to make a profit even before the film starts shooting and then avoid all that tricky accounting to show that it lost money. And like being a President or an astronaut, being an actor doesn't require any particular credentials either...