[R-390] TUBES
Ed Zeranski
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Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:14:25 -0800
>The Hubble bobble had nothing to do with miscalculation, though:
>it was caused by a tech at (IIRC) Perkin-Elmer putting a gauge
>stick in bass-ackwards, so that the mirror's focal length was
>off.
Not a normal miss calq of numbers, you are right, but still a miscalq of
risk. Have you read the after event stuff by Richard Fineman? The old gnome
got dismissed as 'just a CALTECH physicist' when he said the board wasn't
even asking the right questions. :^)
Can't troubleshoot if you won't admit there is a problem.