To: atm{at}shore.net
From: tkrajci{at}san.osd.mil
Reply-To: tkrajci{at}san.osd.mil


>From: "Ed Erbeck Jr." 

>      If you have an Idea YOU think might work - TRY IT! The worst thing
>that will happen is it Might not workout.......

I don't mind taking this approach on simple rigs...for example RTVing some
bars to a metal disk, and stacking more RTV'd bars on the first bars...to
test the idea of a RTV-compliant-hinge mirror cell.  This is an inexpensive
experiment.  Low cost, yet potentially high gain in knowledge.

However...build an entire telescope on an uproven idea?  That kind of
gamble is too expensive for me.  I'll gamble when I test and prototype
concepts and subassemblies.  The final design will be a 'sure thing' based
on previous tests and refinements.

>Did you learn something? Ok
>then SHARE it.

Too many webpages are photo albums or 'look what I did!' gestures...not
'this is what I would do the second time around'.  That's too bad.

>      Didn't Work, Bummer (Share that also) - Try Something different!.
>Did
>you learn anything ? YEA NEW KNOWLEDGE !!!!!!

>      Never be afraid to ask if something "worked" or
"didn't" but if you
>really want to know, at least TRY!

I agree, but much of the 'new knowledge' was already out there in someone
else's skull.  This list is one place to look for ideas.  They are free.
However be careful in evaluating the advice you get here.

Tom Krajci
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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