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AstronomyGirl Endrael Upside-Down Sensors Doomed Craft"Gravity sensors were installed upside-down aboard a NASA spacecraft, dooming the probe to a 193-mph crash landing in the Utah desert, accident investigators said in a report released Tuesday." Apparently, every catastrophic failure NASA has experienced over the last several years for probes and such (barring the shuttle burn-up) has been because of laxness on the part of Lockheed Martin. My question is this: Why do they continue relying on LM and trusting them to do the proper testing and manufacturing, when they obviously don't do so consistently and so condemn billions of dollars of research and construction and training to be wasted because of their easily remedied mistakes? Wow. I never knew all those failures were because of LM's not doing things right. Which makes me wonder why haven't they found someone new to do it? Or clamped down on LM? Why are they letting them continue to make those mistakes. stare
Politics, methinks stare LM is one of the major defense (read 'war') contractors for the US, so they get preferential treatment for contracting, even if they don't do it properly. Same with Boeing. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:04 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:20 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:43 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:56 am
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:43 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:17 pm
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There hasn't been any news for a while, so here's some to make up for it mrgreen
Serious Study: Immaturity Levels Rising
"The adage "like a kid at heart" may be truer than we think, since new research is showing that grown-ups are more immature than ever."
My comment: The research apparently overlooks the negative effects of a child-like mentality on the wider culture/society. IE short attention spans, tempermental, and pleasure seeking.
Pluto's Tiny Twin Moons Named
""I was having insomnia one night so I went and did a web search for all things related to Pluto and Charon," said Andrew Steffl, with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., one of three astronomers credited with discovering the moons."
Charged Paper Moves on Its Own
"Gold-coated cellophane that bends when charged could work as the tiny wing-flexing muscles in paper surveillance planes, insect robots or even serve as smart wallpaper that emits sound like a speaker."
Classic Spider Web Spun For Millions of Years
"The classic spider's web, like Charlotte would have woven, was invented just once, way back in the Cretaceous period some 136 million years ago, scientists report."
Photos Taken of 'Living Fossil' in Laos
"The first pictures showing a live specimen of a rodent species once thought to have been extinct for 11 million years have been taken by a retired Florida State University professor and a Thai wildlife biologist."
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:09 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:37 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:33 am
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AstronomyGirl Endrael Animal Intelligence Resists Definition"People generally define intelligence in terms that place our own species at the apex, but recent studies on other animals suggest skills such as abstract thinking, problem solving, reasoning, and language — once thought unique to us — may not be so uncommon after all." Study: Language Determines Music Skills"The native language of an individual not only influences whether or not the speaker will have perfect pitch, but it also affects any instrumental music that the person might compose, according to two studies presented at this week's Acoustical Society of America (ASA) meeting in San Diego." yay more news! ... and I just realized I still haven't read the old articles you posted in your last post. sweatdrop I best get on that. blaugh
blaugh No rush. It's not like they're going anywhere wink |
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:26 am
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