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2018-05-04 Government

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Posted by 3dc 2018-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 An allegory of about contemporary government, its bureaucracy and complex tasks.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2018-05-04 08:27|| 2018-05-04 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Insert 'Boston's Big Dig' for 'James Webb Space telescope' and they're near identical reads.

Posted by Raj 2018-05-04 09:00|| 2018-05-04 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't know what "James Webb" ever did to have his name inextricably linked to incompetence.....

Posted by Bugs de Medici1677 2018-05-04 09:00|| 2018-05-04 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 NASA's Aging Workforce by HALEY BYRD
More than half of NASA’s workforce is 50 years old and over, marking a seven percent increase over the past five years, GAO said in its tenth annual report. 56 percent of NASA employees fall into that category.
...hmmm? Too old and 'set in their ways' to take risks like Commercial Space?

Posted by magpie 2018-05-04 12:18|| 2018-05-04 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 NASA Update

The spacecraft element’s first test simulated the mechanical shock caused by the separation of the spacecraft’s payload adapter after launch. The second test subjected the spacecraft to the extreme sound and resultant vibration of the launch environment. These shock separation and acoustics tests are routine for all spacecraft.

Detailed inspections of the hardware after the acoustic test showed that fastening hardware that hold the sunshield membrane covers in place had come loose.

“NASA is reviewing options for repair and the next steps in spacecraft element launch environment testing,” said Greg Robinson, Webb’s program director. “The team is reviewing the test data and hardware configuration and is actively working towards corrective action in the near future. We expect to get back to the environmental test flow shortly and continue to move safely and methodically toward mission success.”

Posted by 3dc 2018-05-04 17:44|| 2018-05-04 17:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Like maybe superglue the screws before putting them on? Or "Thread Tight"?

Posted by 3dc 2018-05-04 17:46|| 2018-05-04 17:46|| Front Page Top

#7 $200 Million research on the flaw settles on Loc-Tite™

Posted by Frank G 2018-05-04 19:55|| 2018-05-04 19:55|| Front Page Top

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