[118592] in Cypherpunks
Re: Science Bloopers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reese)
Sun Oct 3 20:43:04 1999
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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 14:26:21 -1000
To: Eric Cordian <emc@chao.insync.net>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Reese <reeza@flex.com>
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At 08:31 AM 10/2/99 -0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
>Reese writes:
>
>> I think this is bullshit, a cover story. they've been doing this sort of
>> thing for far too long to have slipped up on such a simple thing at this
>> point.
>
>I think that if one wished to construct a cover story, one would construct
>one which would subject NASA to less ridicule.
A case for the spin-doctors, it's fast and relatively painless, and I doubt
any great lengths will be gone to in verifying this was actually the problem.
>According to accounts, Lockheed was telling JPL the thrust in pounds, and
>JPL was entering the figures into a computer which assumed newtons when
>doing calculations.
>
>They actually had this screwed up during the entire mission, but it wasn't
>until they needed to do the precision burn to enter orbit that the mistake
>became apparent.
Was lockheed involved with cassini? considering nasa's blanket assurances
that something of this sort was absolutely impossible wrt cassini, it still
boggles the mind that such a thing was not discovered until it was, if
indeed that is what it was,,,
Reese
