Episode 52: Quality and transportation
Well, as you may know, the Galactic Encyclopedia and the foundation connected with it, ( I thinks something like, Feed the Fish, or Free the Fish, Foundation ) ... anyway, has been engaged in the search for intelligent life in the galaxy, which you would think would not be such a burden some enterprise. I mean, just buy a rocket ship, and hire a guy to look. Send him checks from time to time. Turns out it's not so easy. Certain parts of the galaxy are only accessible with certain kinds of hardware. So you can't just buy a rocket ship, you need lots of different kinds of rocket ships, and also different kinds of guys with different expertise to fly them. So in the end a lot of different horse trading goes on, and as a result you end up with considerable expense. Apparently, Free the Fish, or Feed the Fish thinks it's kind of important.