On Sunday, November 23, 1997 1:23 PM, Ken Sletten B894 C312 x62525 [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> One of the most interesting "advertisements" I've seen for HP
> products was a shot that CNN had of Russian Mission Control
> awhile back, during one of the more interesting interludes in
> the ongoing effort to keep Mir limping along:  Strung directly
> under the main large display screen was a big banner that
> stretched across most of the room, with the familiar HP logo.
>
> I wondered how much of a discount HP gave the Russians, to
> get them to keep that banner on display to the world....

A Russian government agency involved in crass capitalistic promotions?  I guess the Party is over.