from SLATE 9/22/00: >The NY [Times] biz section reports that contrary to a story it ran >yesterday, NASA [the US space agency] has not and will not participate in >a TV show currently being pitched to Fox, CBS and ABC [television >networks] in which contestants would vie for a televised trip to the >International Space Station. (The Russian space authorities will however >provide a rocket ride for the winner on a similar show planned for NBC >[another TV network].) In a related story, the IMF announced a Structural Adjustment Program for the Moon, while Monsanto announced a major toxic-waste dumping project there. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine