Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bill Sloman Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Challenger Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:24:45 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <5a5a6jtfh1je18lr297jrh10oihptl2tgo@4ax.com> <9dhb6j5fbjjin8gp4quf31nqaop0grjni2@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:24:50 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8877cdf4128bc6baf8ff7c4ccb2e3b70"; logging-data="1112738"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+aKjwvoOZ6U1OMsAea8pLflEU113F5qOk=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:rkDMeuJu+9ht8EIyJEPyCl6hsFY= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 240611-2, 11/6/2024), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <9dhb6j5fbjjin8gp4quf31nqaop0grjni2@4ax.com> Bytes: 2536 On 10/06/2024 1:17 am, john larkin wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 13:28:58 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs > wrote: > >> john larkin wrote: >>> https://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Story-Heroism-Disaster-Space/dp/198217661X >>> >>> This is a very well researched and written book, and a sad, ghastly >>> story. >>> >>> It reminds me that humans have no purpose in space but to die. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Of course most folks here don’t really think that we have any purpose here >> either. >> >> Cheers >> >> Phil Hobbs > > Whatever our purpose, killing astronauts probably doesn't help. They weren't being killed intentionally. > Spending hundreds of billions on spam-in-a-can is a waste of resources > that could truly help. In your singularly inexpert opinion. > The book is fascinating. The fatheads that decided to launch cared > about power, money, and politics. The investigations after the > disaster, the same. A few very brave engineers ruined their careers > to literally shout the truth. And Richard Feynman, who knew he was > dying of cancer. So what. That's how the world works, and clown like you are lot of the problem. -- Bill Sloman, Sydney -- This email has been checked for viruses by Norton antivirus software. www.norton.com