Decius wrote:
] check the "other news" blurb at the bottom of the page:
]
] "The Congressional bonehead award goes to Rep. Sheila Jackson
] Lee (D-TX) who, on a visit to JPL, asked if Mars Pathfinder
] had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil
] Armstrong! Quipped Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) to the Washington
] Times: "We just don't teach enough science." Worse, Jackson
] Lee, who represents Houston, is a member of the House Science
] Committee's space subcommittee. Perhaps some committee
] reassignments are in order..."

Sigh..... how sad we have become... Bio

RE: Congressional Bonehead Award