On 12 Dec 2006 16:42:41 -0800, in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as
to indicate that:


Rand Simberg wrote:
On 11 Dec 2006 19:34:35 -0800, in a place far, far away,

Do you really fantasize that these are the things that cause NASA
operations to be so expensive, or unreliable?

Did I mention expensive? No. I do think they are what makes things a
little clumsy. Try finding a source document for the M50 transform
these days. I think the Astronomical Almanac last printed it in the
60s. The current Explanatory Supplement only has the J2000, if memory
serves.

But the bigger issue is, if you don't change, you'll always be stuck in
the old ways. Why not modernize at the start of a new project.

Seems a hostile tone for a simple question.

It's a tone that indicates frustration at people picking at gnats,
when there are elephants to knock down.