Re: in 'defense' of FT missiles... ;-)

On Tue, May 6, 1997 at 10:27:51 PM, <KOCHTE@stsci.edu> wrote:

> I'm sure many of you have seen this before. But as I was digging
around 
> in the massive backlog of mail I have sitting off to the side, I found
it 
> again and it kinda vaguely applies to the current thoughts about
missiles 
> in FT being able to turn on/off...or not. And thought I'd share it
with 
> y'all. 
>  
[story of the JATO rocket-powered-car snipped]

This is an urban legend.  It didn't happen.  The al.urban-legend folks
traced 
it back to a joke told at a policeman's retirement party or something.

--Chris Weuve		[My opinion, not my employers.]
mailto:caw@intercon.com (w/day) 	mailto:caw@wizard.net (h)
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