Matt, 7/25/2005, 5:09:11 PM,
.com wrote:

Well, thanks everyone, but as it turns out we decided not to figure
out why the gauge isn't working. Turns out it really isn't important
after all.

But, we did decide that since there were three other working gauges,
we should swap the wiring between the one that isn't working, and one
that is, to help us troubleshoot the problem. I asked my boss if the
result of this could be that we end up with 2 gauges that don't work
- he told me 'shut up kid' and 'get with the program'.

Also, he told me: 'multiple failures would have to occur in multiple
systems for the worst-case scenario to come true'. Also that: 'Bottom
line is we've performed a lot of analysis and understanding and I
think we're smarter in understanding exactly what we have on the
condition and what we've got with our systems.'

So we have that going for us, which is nice.....

Also, we found some things called 'ground problems' and got rid of
them. I guess they didn't have anything to do with the original
problem, and no one knew about them. I asked my boss if he was kinda
embarrased to find major problems that no one noticed before, while
trying to fix a problem that no one understands - he said: 'Shut up,
kid, get with the program'.

Oh well, I'm just a lowly technician somewhere in NASA. See ya all at
the launch asplosion!!

Oh - Boss said to delete all our email, and shred any that has been
printed. I dunno whats up with that.

Any ideas?


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050725/D8BIJ8400.html

I work at NASA also and know how to fix this problem. We don't bother
trying to repair it, we just custom build a new one and spend years
convincing Quality Assurance people it is safe and sound. The reason
your boss tells you "to get with the program" is that you are drinking
too much and should check out the Alcoholics Anonymous program.

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"I miss. I miss. I miss. I make."
Seve Ballesteros describing his four-putt at Augusta's No. 16 in 1988.