[Milsurplus] Question about EMP

[J Forster]

 [snip]   The guy was
 neither an aviator nor a techie.  He was a bean counter keeping an eye
on
 how the government's money was being spent.  Apparently it was OK with
 him to spend it on time to ask and answer truly nitwit questions.

 Lots of these stories in my long Lockheed career.  :)

 Dick

Sounds all to familiar. I was on a program that cost about $55 M in the
1970....  a LOT of money......  Just before launch at VAFB, they decided
to save about $10 K by not flushing the flame bucket with water prior to
ignition. There was an explosion that damaged the booster and sustainer
engines. The thing went into the Pacific.

In a nutshell: Money saved $10 K; money wasted $55 M. My time wasted...
2 years plus.

I got out of the space business, then and there.

-John