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That may be overly cynical. But what I always think when a NASA control room erupts in joy after a landing, is that those people just learned they have a job f
by BurningFrog 5y ago
That may be overly cynical.
But what I always think when a NASA control room erupts in joy after a landing, is that those people just learned they have a job for years.
- mikepurvis 5y agoI don't think that's really the case, is it? Usually there's a handoff between the flight/EDL team and the surface operations team.
- BurningFrog 5y agoThat sounds like it's probably true. I have to make an orderly retreat to my next cynical line: everyone in that room is aware that their reaction wis filmed and will be shown across the world.
- dylan604 5y agoYou're just a right fun chap, aren't you? Your team spent years researching something that had never been done before. Survived many rounds of "should we just cancel this project", continued to be funded after coming in no where near your proposed budget, delay after delay, to finally see the thing lift off. You wouldn't have the slightest bit of non-robotic emotion for yourself and fellow team members? Hope I never have to work with someone as dull as that.
- BurningFrog 5y agoMy guess is this conversation doesn't show either of us at our most charming best. Cheers!
- dylan604 5y ago>That may be overly cynical. If you're a developer that has automated something that does something faster/cheaper/more accurately than a person and haven't had this thrown at you, then you're missing out! It's like a rite of passage. No cynicism intended. Hence the ;-)