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Re:These people applied to go to Mars by grimtrigger on Saturday May 04, 2013 @10:50PM (#5657271)
"Don't attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity".

I think taking application fees even when they are at least 10 years away from their goal is absurd and probably unethical, but it looks like their team has a sincere desire to make the mission happen. Its threads like this that make me wish HN was not so cynical.

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Re:These people applied to go to Mars by sliverstorm on Sunday May 05, 2013 @12:11AM (#5657417)
Remember to quote it correctly:

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity

The differences may be subtle, but the meaning is quite distinct from the way you phrased it.

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Re:These people applied to go to Mars by scotth on Sunday May 05, 2013 @05:14AM (#5657917)
Blah blah blah
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