"Charles Angelich" wrote to "Mike Ross" (10 Feb 03  21:40:32)
 --- on the topic of "Columbia's 'computers'"

 CA> Was your comment above intended to be 'constructive'? If so, I
 CA> missed the good parts.

Pot calling the kettle black, eh? This is really nothing personal but I
find this is just like arm chair quarterbacks who put down everything,
do the sport a disservice. I've seen too much negativity ruin the hopes
of those who try to break the mold, from of all people: their very
friends. So when you go off on a tangent in an unrelated echo bad
mouthing how you did without much technical merit, I get a little
annoyed. I've written some negative things myself but it was directed at
the management of the shuttle program who I feel tend to ignore the
safer choice when it conflicts with their "big picture" agenda. The
engineers aren't at fault for being over-careful and being forced to
shut up by threats of dismissal by management when their science
conflicts with the aims of the program. Hence the O-ring fiasco, et al.
Really it's not personal, however, if you're going to do an opinion
piece in a technical echo then, baybee, you're fair game! 

 Mike
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