On 08/03/11 19:31, Kevin Deane wrote:
I am ashamed, even though the rookie ruskies broke it, the whole battery thing, everything about this to me is just embarrassing, pathetic actually...
Kevin KF7MYK
Why, Kevin? Things get messed up all the time. Suitsat had problems, but still caused a stirr. Hubble went up with a screwed up mirror, but it was fix. The second ALSEP package on the moon was at least mostly destroyed when an astronaut stumbled and ripped out the ribbon cable connecting parts together.
Things Happen. It isn't pathetic, it just happens. Could things be improved? Absolutely!
But consider this: where would the ISS be if it was run the way the US congress has been acting lately?
At the bottom of an ocean, I'd say...
--STeve Andre' wb8wsf en72