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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!gitvm1.gatech.edu!labbey
  2. Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology-Office of Information Technology
  3. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:55:47 EST
  4. From: <LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET>
  5. Message-ID: <93022.035547LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET>
  6. Newsgroups: sci.astro
  7. Subject: Re: research grade vs. commercial grade
  8. Distribution: na
  9. References: <1993Jan20.211839.27984@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
  10.  <1993Jan21.191712.12358@gov.on.ca>
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  13. One wonders what kind of "research" is done with an 8" telescope?
  14.  
  15. Besides, astronomers don't do "research".  They observe.  "Research"
  16. implies the ability to change the conditions of the experiment.
  17.  
  18. Leonard Abbey, F.R.A.S.
  19. Georgia Tech Research Institute
  20. Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  21. labbey@gitvm1.gatech.edu
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