On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:47:40 -0500, Keith nuttle
wrote:

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
NASA sends astronauts to the Moon. They get halfway there and have to turn
around and come back. Was the mission a success?

A lumberjack starts felling a large tree. He cuts halfway through the trunk
and his chainsaw quits on him and he can't get it started again. Did he
successfully cut the tree down?

A man decides to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. He gets halfway up and
decides he wants to stay and run a base camp. Did he summit Everest?

A football team sets out to win the Superbowl. They make it to the play-offs
but get defeated in the wild card round. Did they succeed?

A surgeon performs a heart replacement operation. He removes the patient's
heart and starts to insert the donor heart. He decides he doesn't want to do
it any more and leaves the building. Was the operation a success. Is he a
successful surgeon?

A guy named Bruce sets out to circumnavigate the world. He gets as far as
Bangkok where he's been languishing for thirty some odd years now. Is he a
successful circumnavigator? Is he a sailor who attained his goals?


The obvious answer to all the above is NO! Every instance represents
failure.


Wilbur Hubbard


Every time NASA has send an astronaut to the Moon they have gotten to
the moon. There was one trip where there were some planned projects
that did not get completed.

It is a matter of basic physics, Once in an orbit that will take you to
the moon you are going to the moon unless you have significant fuel to
change that orbit. The moon ships did not have that fuel.

So the answer is not NO to all of your propositions.


On the other hand, as a noted failure, Willie speaks from
experience....
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)