Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hey, looky, rocket fuel as ballast!

[David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>]

On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 04:24 PM, Coalbunny wrote:

> I have to agree.  The ingenuity they have displayed in getting as far 
> as they have should be enough to allow them in.  I recall back in the 
> 80's when a German family in East Germany built a McGuiver-style hot 
> air balloon and croosed the border.  America took them in in a 
> heartbeat. Why?  One, politics.  Two, the use of ingenuity to seek 
> freedom.

Absolutely. I believe there's some pictures in the psubs website 
gallery of a boxy fiberglass submarine a guy built in East Germany.

Bring 'em in, swear 'em in, get them set up with a fabrication shop and 
a TV show.