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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 24, 2021 16:41:03 GMT
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US. I want to wish everyone a happy, safe and enjoyable holiday! To those who celebrate it at a different time, or not at all, I wish you a relaxing day all the same! Thank you, and the same to you and your family. We're a little lucky here in that we get to celebrate two Thanksgivings each year. My son-in-law is Canadian. They celebrate Thanksgiving on the same day we celebrate (or use to celebrate) Columbus day. So we just have a big Thanksgiving dinner on both days. Lot's more Turkey. |
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Post by wvengineer on Jan 17, 2022 15:25:06 GMT
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Post by the light works on Jan 17, 2022 17:05:19 GMT
clever way for him to help the community without having to do it himself.
my friend in Canada just had to reschedule a second attempt at a colonoscopy because of that snowstorm. kind of a shi**y situation for him.
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Post by the light works on Jan 22, 2022 15:21:58 GMT
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Post by the light works on Jan 29, 2022 14:54:57 GMT
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Post by the light works on Apr 21, 2022 1:00:45 GMT
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Post by the light works on May 12, 2022 21:35:55 GMT
Customer wanted me to upgrade a fixture:  I noticed a resemblance:  |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 13, 2022 11:41:08 GMT
Customer wanted me to upgrade a fixture: As long as they pay you to install it. |
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Post by the light works on May 21, 2022 1:37:22 GMT
despite a correctible malfunction, the Boeing Starliner successfully made a trip to the ISS. if it makes a successful trip home, it will be a step closer to being in the rotation as a space taxi.
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Post by GTCGreg on May 21, 2022 1:57:27 GMT
Seems NASA is still a little hesitant to put people on board.
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Post by the light works on May 21, 2022 2:16:31 GMT
Seems NASA is still a little hesitant to put people on board. well, if it lands, this will be its first successful test flight. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 21, 2022 2:54:10 GMT
Seems NASA is still a little hesitant to put people on board. well, if it lands, this will be its first successful test flight. Sure hope it goes well. With Russia pulling out, we can use a back-up to Space X. |
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Post by the light works on May 21, 2022 5:24:07 GMT
well, if it lands, this will be its first successful test flight. Sure hope it goes well. With Russia pulling out, we can use a back-up to Space X. boeing does, too. more business, more profit. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 21, 2022 11:57:11 GMT
Sure hope it goes well. With Russia pulling out, we can use a back-up to Space X. boeing does, too. more business, more profit. Well, profit can be a strong motivator so long as it doesn’t take precedence over quality and safety (a.k.a. 737 MAX) |
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Post by ironhold on May 21, 2022 13:27:22 GMT
Sure hope it goes well. With Russia pulling out, we can use a back-up to Space X. boeing does, too. more business, more profit. The problem is that NASA has largely abandoned manned space flight in and of itself, leaving foreign nations and private actors to handle matters. These kinds of things are going to happen. |
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Post by the light works on May 21, 2022 13:54:10 GMT
boeing does, too. more business, more profit. The problem is that NASA has largely abandoned manned space flight in and of itself, leaving foreign nations and private actors to handle matters. These kinds of things are going to happen. more specifically, NASA has gotten out of the space taxi business to free up resources for further ventures - and to hand over the space taxi business to private enterprise. |
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Post by the light works on May 21, 2022 14:06:07 GMT
boeing does, too. more business, more profit. Well, profit can be a strong motivator so long as it doesn’t take precedence over quality and safety (a.k.a. 737 MAX) the 737 MAX is a good example of trying to combine the teething problems of building a new airplane with the outdated design issues of stretching the life of an old plane. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 21, 2022 22:37:19 GMT
Well, profit can be a strong motivator so long as it doesn’t take precedence over quality and safety (a.k.a. 737 MAX) the 737 MAX is a good example of trying to combine the teething problems of building a new airplane with the outdated design issues of stretching the life of an old plane. Only so many updates you can do to an old design before you turn it into an Edsel. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 21, 2022 22:39:41 GMT
The problem is that NASA has largely abandoned manned space flight in and of itself, leaving foreign nations and private actors to handle matters. These kinds of things are going to happen. more specifically, NASA has gotten out of the space taxi business to free up resources for further ventures - and to hand over the space taxi business to private enterprise. In the past, NASA paid private industry to do it. Now, NASA is paying private industry to do it. Just a little different business model. |
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Post by the light works on May 22, 2022 0:44:29 GMT
the 737 MAX is a good example of trying to combine the teething problems of building a new airplane with the outdated design issues of stretching the life of an old plane. Only so many updates you can do to an old design before you turn it into an Edsel. as I recall, the edsel was a 100% new design. and wasn't actually that bad a design, just not one the average consumer liked. |
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