Date:         Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:44:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy /
              fuel work?
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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I was not "citing" anything .

cite:
        • Quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, esp. in a scholarly work.
        • Mention as an example.


No where in my email did I say that I was using Frank's work as evidence or an example to support my views. I did not propose any view on the subject at all.

I think your comments on the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Polar Lander is uncalled for and childish.

alistair




On 2012-03-25, at 10:35 AM, Mike S wrote:

> On 3/25/2012 1:20 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> direct questions to Frank at JPL :)
> 
> I probably shouldn't have pointed directly at you, but still, you shouldn't cite things you can't support as fact.
> 
> Based on the original coming from 2001, and the incorrect physics contained therein, perhaps at JPL Frank was involved with the Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander missions, both of which crashed.