As I tell my clients, any problem can go away with enough money. So, sure, it can probably be done eventually (i.e. fix the shuttle), but I am now wondering, as a lot of other folks, it it's worth it at this point. On the other hand, maybe they should consider having an interior designer take a look for a new perspective. Interior designers are always willing to change things, except they have no conception of the cost. (Apologies to any interior designers out there.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Watson" <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Inanity | Kim, | | You will never find an engineer who will tell you "it | can't be done". One of the real challenges in | engineering is knowing when to "shoot the engineers" | and let the thing go. | | We both know that these problems have existed since | the first shutle was launched. Its just that we now | have more information, and that information | scares(some of) us. We have launched the shuttle | enough times that we have a pretty good idea of the | system reliability. | | I think you have laid out the questions pretty well. | I think it may well be time to move on. BTW, | engineers, who are the ones responsible for change in | technology, are usually the most resistant to change. | Funny how that works. If the shuttle is scrapped, | watch for the cry to come from the technical | community. | | Brent | | Kim wrote: | > Sorry to point out the obvious, but NASA has had 2 | > 1/2 years and a whole lot | > of money already to "try and fix the problem." If it | > can't be done, admit it | > and throw in the towel. Now. | > | > | > | > _______________________________________________ | > Utah-Astronomy mailing list | > Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | > | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | > Visit the Photo Gallery: | > http://www.utahastronomy.com | > | | | | | ____________________________________________________ | Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page | http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs | | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |