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To: Hot Tabasco
Magellan and Columbus and all the other explorers who set sail for the unknown Fully intending, with good reason for their confidence, to return.

None of them deliberately set off on a suicide trip.

69 posted on 02/23/2015 1:31:41 PM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain
None of them deliberately set off on a suicide trip.

At that time, I suspect there were many people who would have disagreed with you............

All of the explorations of the past were considered suicidal and history is rife with such heroes who never returned. Many of whom never made it into your history book.

Percy Fawcett

George Bass

Sir John Franklin and Francis Crozier

Apollo 11 in 1969 could have met your criteria as being a suicide mission but fortunately it didn't and all went well.

This young lady is putting her life on the line and is willing to give it in order to advance science and humanity.

That's her choice and I salute her and hope all the best........

91 posted on 02/23/2015 2:49:46 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
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