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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: The Warm Equations
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:01:33 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <v5c7ij$113u3$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 6/23/2024 11:37 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> Interesting to note the way margins of a real-life space venture are run:
>> 
>> Two astronauts have been stuck at the ISS for an extra two weeks,
>> so far, because their ride has flat tires, and it's not a crisis,
>> and nobody has had to volunteer to step out the airlock.
>
>For those who do not know, this is a play on "The Cold Equations" 
>awesome incredibly sad short story:
>    https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cold-equations/
>
Alternatively, it's a terrible story about people with extremely 
shitty pre-flight safety procedures.

https://reactormag.com/on-needless-cruelty-in-sf-tom-godwins-the-cold-equations/



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