NASA
was interviewing professionals they were planning on sending to
Mars. The touchy part was that only one guy could go and it would
be a one way trip, the guy would never return to Earth.
The
interviewer asked the first applicant, an engineer, how much he
wanted to be paid for going.
"One
million dollars," the engineer answered. "And I want to
donate it all to my alma mater--Rice University."
The
next applicant was a doctor, and the interviewer asked him the same
question.
"Two
millions dollars," the doctor said. "I want to give a
million to my family and leave the other million for the advancement
of medical research."
The
last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted,
he whispered in the interviewer's ear, "Three million dollars."
"Why
so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked.
The
lawyer replied, "You give me three million, I'll give you one
million, I'll keep a million, and we'll send the engineer."
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