Magazine content is available exclusively for TIME subscribers.Letters: May 18, 1981
Hail, Columbia
To the Editors:
I rose early on a rainy day to watch the televised landing of Columbia [April 27]. The message to Americans is clear: there isn't anything wrong with U.S.-built items. Come on, America, stop knocking your own country.
Robert A. Holmes
Picton, New Zealand
Some people view Columbia as a waste of money. "If you can put $10 billion into space projects, you can also put it into welfare," they say. Don't these people realize that Columbia has made Americans feel like giants again? The $10 billion spent on welfare would...
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