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- From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
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- Subject: Re: Hubble's mirror
- Message-ID: <18865@ksr.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:00:40 GMT
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- References: <BxqDzI.B1q@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Nov15.170247.18454@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <BxsCMI.9ux@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Nov16.033555.26144@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- gsh7w@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) writes:
- >PE developed a system of testing that they
- >THOUGHT would be good enough. Unfortunately it was not.
-
- According to the report, the system of testing *was* good enough. Two of the
- three tests indicated the mirror was mis-figured. Perkin-Elmer gave exactly
- the attention to those tests that a CERTAIN OTHER manufacturer of space
- hardware gave to the tests indicating routine damage to a CERTAIN O-ring in
- the Shuttle...
-
- All the managers who approved ignoring those tests (who were probably rewarded
- with bonuses for bringing the mirror in on-time) ought to be billed the repair
- costs. (and whoever thought to add random spacing washers to a piece of
- *precision* equipment, instead of asking why it didn't fit like it was supposed
- to, ought to have boxing gloves surgically attached to his hands so he won't
- be tempted to screw up any *other* pieces of equipment...)
-