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Skylab, engineering deadpan, and the old "knowing where to put the X joke"
I have been looking through
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...9840017669.pdf which was posted here recently in a different thread. On PDF page 309 there is an example of some of the instructions sent-up via the teleprinter to the first Skylab crew: I. PREFLIGHT HISTORY HAS INDICATED PAST RELAY HANG-UPS WHICH HAVE BEEN FREED BY MECHANICALLY SHOCKING THE RELAY. 2. RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE IS TO STRIKE THE CBRM HOUSING AT THE POINT INDICATED BELOW. TESTS INDICATE THAT YOU CANNOT HIT THE CBRM HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE IT. 3. DIAGRAM BELOW IS DETAIL OF CBRM. LOCATION and then some teleprinter/ascii art. The artwork has the equivalent to the proverbial "X" in chalk on the side of the machine. I also like the engineering euphamism "mechanically shocking the relay." In addition to the old "Knowing where to put the 'X'" and hitting things with a hammer, starting about 03:00 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL9-Va6_SVY comes to mind rick jones -- It is not a question of half full or empty - the glass has a leak. The real question is "Can it be patched?" these opinions are mine, all mine; HPE might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hpe.com but NOT BOTH... |
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