The Astronaut's Dilemma

The mission objective failed.


If both astronauts take no action, neither will be blamed for the
failure, but both lose their pensions.

If one astronaut blames the other for the mistake, he gets to fly
again, while the other faces a court-martial.

If both blame each other, neither will fly again.



What would you do?

Plead insanity?



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"jonathan" wrote in message
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The mission objective failed.


If both astronauts take no action, neither will be blamed for the
failure, but both lose their pensions.

If one astronaut blames the other for the mistake, he gets to fly
again, while the other faces a court-martial.

If both blame each other, neither will fly again.



What would you do?

Push the other guy out the airlock.

;-)

Rusty

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:40:10 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Plead insanity?

Or the 5th.


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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Plead insanity?



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"jonathan" wrote in message
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The mission objective failed.


If both astronauts take no action, neither will be blamed for the
failure, but both lose their pensions.

If one astronaut blames the other for the mistake, he gets to fly
again, while the other faces a court-martial.

Umm, most American astronauts are civilians. As such, they cannot face a
court-martial.

George

jonathan wrote:
The mission objective failed.


If both astronauts take no action, neither will be blamed for the
failure, but both lose their pensions.

If one astronaut blames the other for the mistake, he gets to fly
again, while the other faces a court-martial.

If both blame each other, neither will fly again.



What would you do?





Break up on reentry...

"George" wrote in message
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Umm, most American astronauts are civilians. As such, they cannot face a
court-martial.

If there are only two in the spacecraft (e.g. CDR/PLT, CDR/LMP), they're
probably both pilots, and therefore it's likely (but not automatic) that
they're both in the military :-) Having said that I don't know whether such
a military pilot would be subject to court-martial when performing a mission
for NASA. As I understand it military ranks are not referred to on NASA
missions, and a PLT can be of a higher military rank than a CDR.

Rusty wrote:

Push the other guy out the airlock.

;-)


Or refuse to wear your helmet during reentry. :-)

Pat

"jonathan" wrote in message
...

The mission objective failed.


If both astronauts take no action, neither will be blamed for the
failure, but both lose their pensions.

If one astronaut blames the other for the mistake, he gets to fly
again, while the other faces a court-martial.

If both blame each other, neither will fly again.



What would you do?

There is a lot to be said for honesty. Bill Clinton was impeached for lying
under oath. Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby both got into trouble for
lying instead for their alleged original crimes.

"Christopher" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:40:10 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Plead insanity?

Or the 5th.

I'll have a fifth of Tang and a corned beef sandwich, but not in the same
glass.