Corky Scott wrote in message . ..

Tell me again what the point is in being lobbed into near space? Try
as I might, I just cannot figure out how it helps explore space, or
helps GA or mankind or anything.

Alan Sheppard might want to argue that point if he were still
around. Even NASA had to start with a short, sub-orbital flight.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)