Re: [OT] Shuttle grounded again

I know, but that doesn't mean that the armchair quarterbacks are right.

-- David
"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "David" <david06@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> It's awful arrogant of you to assume that:
>>
>> 1) in 5 minutes without knowing any details of the engineering,
>> that
>> you can come up with a solution that will work better than what they
>> have
>> 2) in 5 minutes without knowing any of the details, you can come
>> up
>> with an idea that no one on the space shuttle team has ever thought
>> of.
>>
>> Do you get upset when someone second-guesses your job? Knows what is
>> best without having any idea of what you have to deal with? Then quit
>> doing it to everyone else.
>
> You would be surprised at what even experienced engineers can miss or
> overlook. They are not gods.
>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
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>>
>> -- David
>> "Len Lekx" <LFLekx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:44:53 -0700, David Erbas-White
>>> <derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Apparently NASA has grounded the shuttle fleet again due to foam
>>>>shedding...
>>>
>>> How many rocket-scientists does it take, to come up with a
>>> practical idea for preventing foam shedding? :-)
>>>
>>> I'm surprised that nobody came up with the idea of covering the
>>> foam with a lightweight fabric wrap. A single layer of kevlar would
>>> prevent the foam from flying away from the tank, yet only decrease
>>> the orbiters' payload capacity by less than a ton.
>>>
>>> Too simple a concept, I guess...
>>>
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> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
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