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...Ultimately, NASA is gambling that this kind of basic science will lead to commercial development that pays top dollar to fly experiments on the station, but in the short run, the Russians may do better selling Soyuz seats to wealthy space tourists and game-show winners...
...became President, and thus fulfilled his ambition, would his judgment improve? The nation must hope so. On the other hand, if Gore were to lose, would the loss mellow his ambition and deepen his character? Would he stop running up and down rope lines like an afternoon game-show host...
...first space stations, both U.S. and Russian, were simply modified third stages of existing rockets. Then came the Mir in 1986, with multiple modules. It was habitable but lacked the power for much in the way of experimentation. Ultimately it would be of greater interest to film directors, game-show producers and wealthy would-be space tourists than to scientists. It is currently abandoned...
Singlehood being what it is, my current guilty pleasure on a late Saturday night is settling in front on my TV and watching the terminally kitsch show "Your Big Break," another game-show import from Britain, which comes on after "Saturday Night Live." People come on the show in ordinary clothes, go behind a screen of smoke and emerge dressed as the singer they're about to try to sing like-Patsy Cline, Elvis, Janet Jackson, you get the idea...
When I was a kid, everybody smoked, not only astronauts and game-show hosts but moms and dads, grandparents and your second-grade teacher. (Who can forget that first glimpse into the smoke-engulfed teachers' lounge?) Smoking was promoted as being cool and grownup. It was what people in the movies did after sex, for instance...