Comment Originally Posted at NASAWATCH
It is interesting to note the number of people that insist flying the shuttle is going to guarantee disaster.
The CAIB gave another option: recertification. I’d really like to see how much it will cost to recertify Endeavor, taking advantage of the fact that with all the old suppliers gone, the parts [...]
Monthly Archive for August, 2008
Comment Originally Posted at NASAWATCH:
@Trailrider and @Dfens are both right
What I don’t understand is that the CAIB said to cancel the shuttle or re-certify.
Given the cost, delays, and complexity of Ares, can someone explain how re-certification wouldn’t be the better choice now?
Wayne Hale may be right, but it sounds a little defeat-est to be thinking [...]
Comment Originally Posted at NASAWATCH
Wow, having read all the comments and re-reading Jeff’s original post, I am almost in shock.
Having worked for a commercial enterprise stared by people who called NASA “the other space agency”, I’d have expected it to a lot better.
My lesson after 3 years of work of blood, sweat, and tears: Clark’s [...]
Comment originally posted at NASAWATCH
Tod Lauer has good eyes, that is definitely Owen’s Valley Radio Observatory gear, which was a partner with the UFRO on various studies, the last of which I believe was the 1995 Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet impact of Jupiter.
The 40M Power difference spectrum that is printed out is likely data from the [...]
Comment originally posted at NASAWATCH
Having been an early student of radio astronomy at the University of Florida Radio Observatory (UFRO), I can attest to the fact that this trailer was very likely NOT abandoned and this photographer is at the very least a trespasser.
The UFRO is located in a very remote portion of Florida that [...]