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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] >"I don't think anybody said that in the '60s they wouldn't be spending money on sending chimps for a joy ride." OH, yes they did. There was, and still is, a great deal of opposition to spaceflight. Don't you remember William Proxmire? Oh, and by 'large primates' I meant human beings, ie., the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo programs. Everybody has their pet hates and pet programs.. Proxmire, while known for cutting what HE saw as wasteful programs for science, was very big in getting federal subsidies for the dairy farmers of his own state. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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