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2004-10-06 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Steve White 2004-10-06 12:15:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Somebody didn't follow the checklist. A new career in the food service industry awaits!

Posted by PBMcL 2004-10-06 12:35:39 AM|| 2004-10-06 12:35:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 PBMcL,do you really want that guy preparing your food?

Posted by GK 2004-10-06 1:50:01 AM|| 2004-10-06 1:50:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Ummmmmmmmmmm... sorry?

Posted by tu3031 2004-10-06 9:14:07 AM|| 2004-10-06 9:14:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Tip for Lockheed Martin: Although designed for it, the satellite is not actually in a zero-gravity environment until it is launched.

Posted by Dar 2004-10-06 9:44:45 AM|| 2004-10-06 9:44:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "It will cost an estimated $135 million to rebuild the spacecraft's main section and two damaged instruments."

That's more than $5 million per bolt.

Posted by Bryan 2004-10-06 10:06:10 AM|| 2004-10-06 10:06:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 My ex-girlfriend built microwave antennas for DirectTV satellites. Metal tubes are precisely positioned to distribute the signals to the horn array. One night an overzealous cleaning person decided that the âloose tubes on that equipment looked like a safety hazardâ and duct taped the wave-guides to the satellite frame, ruining them in the process.

Posted by Anonymous5032 2004-10-06 10:53:55 AM|| 2004-10-06 10:53:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Somebody watched the "fish store" video, perhaps?
"Hey Alan, toss that satellite over here."
"Here it comes!"
"Oops."

Here at Raytheon, the saying is: "If it were easy, Lockheed could do it." I guess moving satellites around is not easy.

If you read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, you will understand the importance of a $0.05 nut in a $9000 motorcycle. Similarly, some people now understand the importance of $1.50 worth of bolts in a $239,000,000 satellite.

I find it interesting that after the accident, the satellite will now be launched earlier.

Posted by jackal 2004-10-06 4:20:20 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-10-06 4:20:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 you should reade my monograf on the importance of girl friends and fuel addatives in high compression motorcyle engines

gin and and tarts of motorcyle maintenance

Posted by half 2004-10-06 5:19:09 PM|| 2004-10-06 5:19:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Into orbit early makes sense; the booster can experience a 'guidance system failure' and then after the operational (?) satellite plunges back to Earth in a firey ball, LM can file for loss of income (or some such) because "...the gpv't cannot prove the repairs were unsuccessful..."
And eventually they will get paid.

Posted by USN, retired 2004-10-06 6:46:21 PM|| 2004-10-06 6:46:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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