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2015-02-25 Science & Technology

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Posted by charger 2015-02-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Yeah, it will be done by the end of the week. But the change orders will take freakin' forever.

Posted by SteveS 2015-02-25 00:44|| 2015-02-25 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Orville and Wilbur were bike mechanics and they built an airplane; engineers built the Challenger. How did that turn out????

Posted by USN, Ret 2015-02-25 09:29|| 2015-02-25 09:29|| Front Page Top

#3 "engineers built the Challenger. How did that turn out????"

NASA managers had known that contractor Morton Thiokol’s design of the booster's contained a potentially catastrophic flaw in the O-rings since 1977, but they continually failed to address it properly.

They also disregarded warnings from several senior engineers about the dangers of launching on such a cold day (31°F).

Engineers do a LOT of good design that somehow gets 'managed out' of the final product. For me, the term "Value Engineering" bandied around during the actual construction process gives me heartburn.

Posted by Whomosing Grineth8291 2015-02-25 10:56|| 2015-02-25 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 USN, you're confusing engineers with their pointyhaired bosses (Dilbert refence).

And a shuttle that goes to low earth orbit hauling multiple people and tons of cargo is a bit more of a challenge than a powered glider that went barely 300 feet with 1 man aboard.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-02-25 11:21|| 2015-02-25 11:21|| Front Page Top

#5 you're confusing engineers with their pointyhaired bosses

Actually you're confusing engineers with the financial types. (They were the ones pushing for launch in sub-freezing temperatures)

Murphy's 1st law of management:
"Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do the work."

Posted by frozen al 2015-02-25 12:18|| 2015-02-25 12:18|| Front Page Top

#6 I seem to recall that one if the brothers got killed.
50% survival would end the system being ever sold today.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2015-02-25 13:01|| 2015-02-25 13:01|| Front Page Top

#7 You gonna take your chances with the Wright Flyer of the SST? My insurance agent knows the answer.

Posted by Shipman 2015-02-25 13:36|| 2015-02-25 13:36|| Front Page Top

#8 http://youtu.be/60P1xG32Feo

Posted by Frank G 2015-02-25 14:19|| 2015-02-25 14:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks, Frank. That's about what my Mom had to go through until she resigned herself to the fact that most everything would have 'extra wiring' (usually enclosed in a 'Bud Box').

Posted by Mullah Richard 2015-02-25 16:07|| 2015-02-25 16:07|| Front Page Top

#10 "The Expert"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-02-25 18:26|| 2015-02-25 18:26|| Front Page Top

#11 sometimes its fun just to poke a stick in a hole and see what jumps out. the sarc tag was intentionally left off.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-02-25 19:46|| 2015-02-25 19:46|| Front Page Top

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