Rocksolid Light

News from da outaworlds

mail  files  register  groups  login

Message-ID:  

All generalizations are false, including this one. -- Mark Twain

sci / sci.space.history / Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonald

SubjectAuthor
* The Passing Of Alan McDonaldDavid Spain
+- Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonaldSnidely
`* Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonaldJeff Findley
 `- Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonaldDavid Spain

1
Subject: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
From: David Spain
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Organization: Could be better
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 01:18 UTC
Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: nospam@127.0.0.1 (David Spain)
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Subject: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:18:30 -0500
Organization: Could be better
Lines: 8
Message-ID: <87o8frlsbd.fsf@eternal-september.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="051d574a346d272cda5937ad64041540";
logging-data="14492"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Z3wIPiTvdieuEzJ41OJ79"
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:q1l/cgZ1e6BNbAXOAncKr0A/5nU=
sha1:jU/DW4YtkCtwhmiB0NR2E1CT73g=
View all headers

When it is more important to leave something unsigned...

> https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/974534021/remembering-allan-mcdonald-he-refused-to-approve-challenger-launch-exposed-cover

Alan McDonald R.I.P.

Ad Astra,
Dave

Subject: Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
From: Snidely
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Organization: Dis One
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:47 UTC
References: 1
Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: snidely.too@gmail.com (Snidely)
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Subject: Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:47:22 -0800
Organization: Dis One
Lines: 18
Message-ID: <mn.4cdf7e536d4e5835.127094@snitoo>
References: <87o8frlsbd.fsf@eternal-september.org>
Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="1fdee899e283770002756a97bbcf42f9";
logging-data="14868"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19mrsFKpa9fF1Un/nkg/XUmFqD38gv6sFY="
Cancel-Lock: sha1:slTbYg7clFkUGawAeHT3U3piTw4=
X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb
X-ICQ: 543516788
View all headers

After serious thinking David Spain wrote :
> When it is more important to leave something unsigned...
>
>> https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/974534021/remembering-allan-mcdonald-he-refused-to-approve-challenger-launch-exposed-cover
>
> Alan McDonald R.I.P.
>

Our thanks and salutes for his service.

/dps

--
There's nothing inherently wrong with Big Data. What matters, as it
does for Arnold Lund in California or Richard Rothman in Baltimore, are
the questions -- old and new, good and bad -- this newest tool lets us
ask. (R. Lerhman, CSMonitor.com)

Subject: Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
From: Jeff Findley
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Organization: Home
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:02 UTC
References: 1
Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com (Jeff Findley)
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Subject: Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:02:03 -0500
Organization: Home
Lines: 21
Message-ID: <MPG.3ab27f4645b5793d989dbf@news.eternal-september.org>
References: <87o8frlsbd.fsf@eternal-september.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0a6d9130535606b80307d2379ade3019";
logging-data="27305"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/BjsWRAIOxFMDbltIoixyc4vsYRUy8hvk="
User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4
Cancel-Lock: sha1:wKqp+oToJRs7JrQQXlyl49O3FQg=
View all headers

In article <87o8frlsbd.fsf@eternal-september.org>, nospam@127.0.0.1
says...
>
> When it is more important to leave something unsigned...
>
> > https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/974534021/remembering-allan-mcdonald-he-refused-to-approve-challenger-launch-exposed-cover
>
> Alan McDonald R.I.P.

He had a bumpy ride due to opposing the Challenger launch, and speaking
out to the investigating committee, but was later put in charge of the
SRB joint redesign.

Sad that NASA didn't quite learned the bigger lesson of normalizing the
deviance leading to the Columbia disaster.

Jeff
--
All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone.
These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends,
employer, or any organization that I am a member of.

Subject: Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
From: David Spain
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:59 UTC
References: 1 2
Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: nospam@127.0.0.1 (David Spain)
Newsgroups: sci.space.history
Subject: Re: The Passing Of Alan McDonald
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:59:17 -0500
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 15
Message-ID: <s2att5$ks2$1@dont-email.me>
References: <87o8frlsbd.fsf@eternal-september.org>
<MPG.3ab27f4645b5793d989dbf@news.eternal-september.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:59:17 -0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="051d574a346d272cda5937ad64041540";
logging-data="21378"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19jtvkYLEPv7+Vp+gfOgvxy"
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101
Thunderbird/78.8.0
Cancel-Lock: sha1:JkvuHWvAKy5WDQYv16vlLW1dOQk=
In-Reply-To: <MPG.3ab27f4645b5793d989dbf@news.eternal-september.org>
Content-Language: en-US
View all headers

On 3/10/2021 7:02 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
>
> Sad that NASA didn't quite learned the bigger lesson of normalizing the
> deviance leading to the Columbia disaster.
>
> Jeff
>

Sad but true. As had been pointed out nearly 20 years earlier by
Feynman, humans may normalize deviance, but mother nature cannot be fooled.

Alan MacDonald, Roger Boisjoly and Arnie Thompson we thank you for your
service.

Dave

1

rocksolid light 0.9.8
clearnet tor