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- From: wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey)
- Subject: Re: Hubble's mirror
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.042021.13086@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- References: <BxsCMI.9ux@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Nov16.033555.26144@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <18865@ksr.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:20:21 GMT
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- In article <18865@ksr.com> jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes:
- >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, ...
-
- Whoever did the above adding washers to the test jig probably felt a lot of
- time pressure from management to get it done NOW! and don't waste time
- about it. He also probably figured the designer made an error overlooking
- a small mounting detail, and he could "correct" it easy enough with the
- washers, and deliver it as done. And his boss won't be on his ass.
- Hell, in my job, I have to deal with a lot of bad documentation, missing
- info, lack of proper training, time pressure, bad bosses, not enough time,
- and other problems (excuses my boss calles them). Odds are, given time
- pressure and bad management, I might have hacked the above mirror tester
- to get it done myself. And probably I would have figured I had to make
- the "correction" with the washers. And not be able to ask the designer
- about it ("he's in a meeting all day", "he's out of town", or some such,
- or "can't you figure it out yourself, you idiot").
-