14 Nov
2008
14 Nov
'08
2:29 p.m.
Another NASA recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
1,500 Lunary Orbiter tapes, converting analog to digital, and
"the time frame to complete the project is very short as there
is only one person on Earth who has the expertise to work with
the playback heads needed to process the original tapes.
And at 68 years old, he wants to retire in just 14 months."
- John
14 Nov
14 Nov
2:42 p.m.
John Foust wrote:
Another NASA recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
1,500 Lunary Orbiter tapes, converting analog to digital, and
"the time frame to complete the project is very short as there
is only one person on Earth who has the expertise to work with
the playback heads needed to process the original tapes.
And at 68 years old, he wants to retire in just 14 months."
- John
Why exactly does the story state that "there is only one person on Earth
who has the expertise ..."?
Why exactly can this expertise not be passed on to others in 14 months?
Perhaps someone has neglected to run a dimensional check again.
Steve
3:44 p.m.
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John Foust wrote:
I'm sure they believe writing the story line this way will sell more advertising. --
Ian
Another NASA recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
1,500 Lunary Orbiter tapes, converting analog to digital, and
"the time frame to complete the project is very short as there
is only one person on Earth who has the expertise to work with
the playback heads needed to process the original tapes.
And at 68 years old, he wants to retire in just 14 months."
- John
Why exactly does the story state that "there is only one person on
Earth
who has the expertise ..."?
Why exactly can this expertise not be passed on to others in 14 months?
Perhaps someone has neglected to run a dimensional check again.
3:57 p.m.
> Why
exactly does the story state that "there is only one person on
Earth who has
the expertise ..."? >> I'm sure they believe writing the story
line this way will sell more
advertising
What a stupid thing to say. We're talking about a credible mainstream news
organization, not a supermarket tabloid.
4:05 p.m.
> Why exactly does the story state that "there
is only one person on
Earth who has the expertise ..."? >> I'm sure they believe writing the
story line this way will sell more
advertising
What a stupid thing to say. We're talking about a credible mainstream news
organization, not a supermarket tabloid.
4:08 p.m.
There's a difference? You haven't been paying attention: a number of
"credible mainstream news organizations" have been caught with their pants down.
And to be fair, this doesn't descend to that level. It's just "light
spin" to create some dramatic tension.... -- Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 3:58 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: Another NASA recovery story
It's plausible that the NASA gear had something custom about it.
> Why
exactly does the story state that "there is only one person on
Earth who has
the expertise ..."? >> I'm sure they believe writing the
story line this way will sell
more
advertising
What a stupid thing to say. We're talking about a credible mainstream
news
organization, not a supermarket tabloid.
4:26 p.m.
Ian King wrote:
There's a difference? You haven't been paying
attention: a number of "credible mainstream news organizations" have been caught
with their pants down. And to be fair, this doesn't descend to that level. It's
just "light spin" to create some dramatic tension.... -- Ian
Credible here means ... Elvis or Aliens are *Not* on the front page... I
guess.
8:29 p.m.
In article <006d01c946b4$d2c986d0$0201a8c0 at evan>,
"Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net> writes:
We're talking about a credible mainstream news
organization, not a supermarket tabloid.
You mean, there's a difference?
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15 Nov
15 Nov
4:31 a.m.
The article is also missing half of the story
Nancy Evans, a former NASA planetary photo chief
"They obtained the tape drives as government surplus hardware in an
attempt to raise private funds for digitizing the lunar images."
And here is Dennis posting about needing help on the Ampex FR-900's,
soooo who's really the "expert" then ?
http://tinyurl.com/6cnczc*
*=Dan
[ Pittsburgh 250th --- http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
14 Nov
14 Nov
2:50 p.m.
John Foust wrote:
Another NASA recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
1,500 Lunary Orbiter tapes, converting analog to digital, and
"the time frame to complete the project is very short as there
is only one person on Earth who has the expertise to work with
the playback heads needed to process the original tapes.
And at 68 years old, he wants to retire in just 14 months."
- John
And what was NASA doing for the last 30 years ???.
It seems once MAN landed on the moon, NASA has been a complete
flop.
10:57 p.m.
On Nov 14, 2008, at 5:50 PM, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
No! It hasn't been a flop! It has succeeded in keeping thousands
of bureaucrats employed, and dozens of "beltway bandit" contractors
raking in the bucks while continuing to launch ancient-technology
spacecraft into orbit over and over again.
Speaking of which, I watched Endeavour's launch from my
neighborhood tonight. I've seen many shuttle launches, but this one
was the most spectacular. Very impressive indeed.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Another NASA
recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
1,500 Lunary Orbiter tapes, converting analog to digital, and "the
time frame to complete the project is very short as there is only
one person on Earth who has the expertise to work with the
playback heads needed to process the original tapes. And at 68
years old, he wants to retire in just 14 months."
And what was NASA doing for the last 30 years ???.
It seems once MAN landed on the moon, NASA has been a complete
flop.
15 Nov
15 Nov
12:10 p.m.
And what was NASA doing for the last 30 years ???.
It seems once MAN landed on the moon, NASA has been a complete
flop.
Koltanofski (sp?) was one of the all time greatest chess players.
~50 years ago, I saw him playing about a dozen simultaneous blindfold
games.
He had a neighbor who used to come by and they would play a few games
every day. Over time, they played many hundreds of games, but the
neighbor never won. Finally, one day, he won a game. But then he
disappeared and wasn't seen for months. When he eventually showed up, and
was asked what happened, he replied, "Well, once you've beaten the great
Koltanofski at chess, why bother to play anymore?"
Alas, once NASA reached their well defined goal, they couldn't see a
reason to play anymore.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
4:28 a.m.
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
John Foust wrote:
This is such a dumbass thing to say. I was glad to work on several Nasa
contracts during my time. If you don't recognize any of the achievements
made during the mounds of bureaucratic loopholes they had to jump
through, your're just friggin blind. I like to see any private company
put up with the same crap. But you never did back then because they
never put their money where there mouth is--but they were sure damn
happy to get any of the Nasa contracts.
=Dan
[ Pittsburgh 250th --- http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
Another NASA recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
And what was NASA doing for the last 30 years ???.
It seems once MAN landed on the moon, NASA has been a complete
flop
10:04 a.m.
Dan Roganti wrote:
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
I said after. 1975 is a good date when they screwed them selves up with
the shuttle.
They have never recovered since then.
John Foust wrote:
This is such a dumbass thing to say. I was glad to work on several
Nasa contracts during my time. If you don't recognize any of the
achievements made during the mounds of bureaucratic loopholes they had
to jump through, your're just friggin blind. I like to see any private
company put up with the same crap. But you never did back then because
they never put their money where there mouth is--but they were sure
damn happy to get any of the Nasa contracts.
=Dan
[ Pittsburgh 250th --- http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
Another NASA recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
And what was NASA doing for the last 30 years ???.
It seems once MAN landed on the moon, NASA has been a complete
flop
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