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- From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
- Subject: Re: Feynmann's legacy...
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 14:26:40 GMT
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- Miroslaw Kuc (wizard@r-node.gts.org) wrote:
- > In article <Bxos7A.IyH@access.digex.com> mheney@access.digex.com (Michael K. Heney) writes:
- > >HL-20 and consideration of a "skunk-works" style program for developing
- > >a successor to the shuttle.
- > >--
- > >Mike Heney | Senior Systems Analyst and | Reach for the
- > >mheney@access.digex.com | Space Activist / Entrepreneur | Stars, eh?
- > >Kensington, MD (near DC) | * Will Work for Money * |
- >
- > What does "skunk-works" mean?
- >
- > Miroslaw Kuc
-
- Its any kind of special project or program that is removed from the "normal"
- design process, where brilliant people are basically just let loose without
- having to spend much time keeping suits and bureaucrats happy.
-
- Originally a team at Lockheed adopted the title for their own dept., taking
- it from Al Capp's cartoon strip "Li'l Abner". They felt shunned by the rest
- of the company and took the name of the odious factory in the strip
- to reflect this.
-
- Legend has it that the name became widely known when one of their number
- received a conference call intended for someone else, picked up the phone
- and announced "Skunk Works here!" to a meeting of puzzled executive types.
-
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