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Bearing in mind what was riding on those things, both literally and
figuratively, the quality control and scrutiny must have been laborious. It's not as if they could take them for a test flight and correct any bugs afterwards. Thanks for the pics, Mitch Regards Paul Cambridge U.K. |
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PVK wrote in
: Bearing in mind what was riding on those things, both literally and figuratively, the quality control and scrutiny must have been laborious. It's not as if they could take them for a test flight and correct any bugs afterwards. Thanks for the pics, Mitch Regards Paul Cambridge U.K. Considering the disasterous first US attempts at putting a satellite in orbit the later launch vehicles (Redstone, Atlas, Saturn and now Delta) have worked amazingly well. |
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
PVK wrote in : Bearing in mind what was riding on those things, both literally and figuratively, the quality control and scrutiny must have been laborious. It's not as if they could take them for a test flight and correct any bugs afterwards. Thanks for the pics, Mitch Regards Paul Cambridge U.K. Considering the disasterous first US attempts at putting a satellite in orbit the later launch vehicles (Redstone, Atlas, Saturn and now Delta) have worked amazingly well. I remember the old joke concerning the Vanguard: they are going to rename it "Civil Service" because they can't fire it, and they can't get it to work. -- Savageduck |
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Savageduck wrote in
. com: Mitchell Holman wrote: PVK wrote in : Bearing in mind what was riding on those things, both literally and figuratively, the quality control and scrutiny must have been laborious. It's not as if they could take them for a test flight and correct any bugs afterwards. Thanks for the pics, Mitch Regards Paul Cambridge U.K. Considering the disasterous first US attempts at putting a satellite in orbit the later launch vehicles (Redstone, Atlas, Saturn and now Delta) have worked amazingly well. I remember the old joke concerning the Vanguard: they are going to rename it "Civil Service" because they can't fire it, and they can't get it to work. As John Glenn said when he was asked his thoughts awaiting blast off "I am sitting on top of millions of dollars worth of hardware all built by the lowest bidder". |
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Mitchell Holman wrote in
: Savageduck wrote in . com: Mitchell Holman wrote: PVK wrote in : Bearing in mind what was riding on those things, both literally and figuratively, the quality control and scrutiny must have been laborious. It's not as if they could take them for a test flight and correct any bugs afterwards. Thanks for the pics, Mitch Regards Paul Cambridge U.K. Considering the disasterous first US attempts at putting a satellite in orbit the later launch vehicles (Redstone, Atlas, Saturn and now Delta) have worked amazingly well. I remember the old joke concerning the Vanguard: they are going to rename it "Civil Service" because they can't fire it, and they can't get it to work. As John Glenn said when he was asked his thoughts awaiting blast off "I am sitting on top of millions of dollars worth of hardware all built by the lowest bidder". *Not* Glenn... I'm too lazy to research it at the moment - but t'was not Glenn. Glenn was too much of a hairshirt to say that. |
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Jess Lurkin wrote in :
Mitchell Holman wrote in : Savageduck wrote in ic. com: Mitchell Holman wrote: PVK wrote in : Bearing in mind what was riding on those things, both literally and figuratively, the quality control and scrutiny must have been laborious. It's not as if they could take them for a test flight and correct any bugs afterwards. Thanks for the pics, Mitch Regards Paul Cambridge U.K. Considering the disasterous first US attempts at putting a satellite in orbit the later launch vehicles (Redstone, Atlas, Saturn and now Delta) have worked amazingly well. I remember the old joke concerning the Vanguard: they are going to rename it "Civil Service" because they can't fire it, and they can't get it to work. As John Glenn said when he was asked his thoughts awaiting blast off "I am sitting on top of millions of dollars worth of hardware all built by the lowest bidder". *Not* Glenn... I'm too lazy to research it at the moment - but t'was not Glenn. Glenn was too much of a hairshirt to say that. Coulda been Shepard. |
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Mitchell Holman wrote in
: Jess Lurkin wrote in : Mitchell Holman wrote in : Savageduck wrote in ic. com: Mitchell Holman wrote: PVK wrote in : Bearing in mind what was riding on those things, both literally and figuratively, the quality control and scrutiny must have been laborious. It's not as if they could take them for a test flight and correct any bugs afterwards. Thanks for the pics, Mitch Regards Paul Cambridge U.K. Considering the disasterous first US attempts at putting a satellite in orbit the later launch vehicles (Redstone, Atlas, Saturn and now Delta) have worked amazingly well. I remember the old joke concerning the Vanguard: they are going to rename it "Civil Service" because they can't fire it, and they can't get it to work. As John Glenn said when he was asked his thoughts awaiting blast off "I am sitting on top of millions of dollars worth of hardware all built by the lowest bidder". *Not* Glenn... I'm too lazy to research it at the moment - but t'was not Glenn. Glenn was too much of a hairshirt to say that. Coulda been Shepard. Ahhh, yes. My hero. NOT a "pilot" - an AVIATOR! He's my hero for sticking with it so long - for the Moon! "It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract." - Alan Shepard |
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On 31/01/15 9:21 PM, Jess Lurkin wrote:
I'm too lazy to research it at the moment - but t'was not Glenn. Glenn was too much of a hairshirt to say that. Allegedly Glenn said it in the press conference after the flight but what he supposedly said was: "People asked him [Alan Shepard] that [question] after the flight and Shepard said: `I wasn’t scared, but I was up there looking around, and suddenly I realized I was sitting on top of a rocket built by the lowest bidder.’" Unfortunately I cannot find an official transcript of the press conference, only references to it. Laurie |
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