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NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart

327 points · 403 comments · ilamont

  1. braiamp · · focus · HN ↗
    > “Every time I threw one of these things out there, he says, ‘Oh, engineering will take care of that [and] engineering will take care of that,’” Relja recalls.

    That sounds all to familiar to people that actually has to accomplish stuff, heard from management. Engineering will not take care of that because engineering is the one that is raising the concerns!

    1. tyrabound · · focus · HN ↗
      It's funny how management's self-delusion about things never makes it into the mind and reality distorting Hollywood movies where the boomer reactivated from retirement saves the day through muscle memory alone in 48 hours of tense montage of frustrations and final inevitable success.
      1. brightball · · focus · HN ↗
        Are you trying to tell me that Space Cowboys isn’t real?
        1. Forgeties79 · · focus · HN ↗
          No if you want accuracy you need to watch Armageddon
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