17 Jul
2011
17 Jul
'11
2:16 p.m.
One of my friends had a card printed up (this is Leon K) which included
the title Physicist. He worked for TRW when they made satellites, and
was responsible for balancing the spacecraft loads and as such did real
physics. If you need to blame someone for orbiting 400# of sand because
a payload was not ready, he specified the mass and shape of the load.
We hired him to balance a CIE systems CI-300 printer which was vibrating
all over the computer room for CI. The desire was not to just make a
heavier stand, but to dampen the vibrations so the printer wouldn't
dance around. Our design as submitted worked, but in the end they went
with heavy stand, and really sticky (rubber) feet on the stand.
there probably are people doing the latter in the UK, though they might
not know they are practicing physics.
Jim
On 7/16/2011 10:43 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
Where does a
Paid Physicist fit in the picture?
>
As far as I am aware, such things do not exist in the UK:-(