| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 257.1 | eulogy | LDP::WEAVER | Laboratory Data Products | Sun Feb 15 1987 19:30 | 4 |
| That is a real loss to space journalism. I used to always look
for him to report on the missions. He will be missed.
-Dave
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| 257.2 | I'm not as impressed as I once was | ALIEN::MCCARTHY | | Mon Feb 16 1987 18:53 | 21 |
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<irreverent flame on>
I hate to be a wet blanket, but I no longer hold Jules Bergman
in the high esteem I once did.
During the pre-shuttle years, I believe he was one of the best
reporters of American space activities (short of Frank McGee,
whom I really miss), but during the early days of the space
shuttle, all Bergman could do was to comment on the delays and
the tiles, and how any 10 year project that was two years late
and some percentage overbudget must be a disaster.
Jules understood the space program, but he sure didn't understand
engineering.
<irreverent flame off>
I too will miss his reporting.
-Brian
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| 257.3 | | VINO::KILGORE | Wild Bill | Wed Feb 18 1987 07:59 | 7 |
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re .2:
Of course, one could also interpret his nay-saying as insightful and
prophetic. And perhaps he understood engineering well enough to
realize that a properly managed project does not go over
budget and past schedule.
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| 257.4 | A Potential Replacement | PHENIX::JSTONE | | Wed Feb 18 1987 12:58 | 7 |
| I happened to be watching Good Morning America during vacation a
week or so ago and they had Gene Cernan on as their "Science and
Technology Correspondent" (talking about "smart" credit cards).
It could be (the DEC job not withstanding) that he'll be their next
spaceflight correspondent.
JS
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| 257.5 | Someday I'd like to see one | ALIEN::MCCARTHY | | Wed Feb 18 1987 23:29 | 10 |
| > Of course, one could also interpret his nay-saying as insightful and
> prophetic. And perhaps he understood engineering well enough to
> realize that a properly managed project does not go over
> budget and past schedule.
Well, when the first "properly managed" engineering project
involving any siginificant technological advance is finished,
please be sure to let us know. :-)
-Brian
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| 257.6 | I've seen one, Fermilab | CRVAX1::KAPLOW | There is no 'N' in TURNKEY | Thu Feb 19 1987 12:02 | 9 |
| < Note 257.5 by ALIEN::MCCARTHY >
-< Someday I'd like to see one >-
We have one here in Chicago. Fermilab was built under budget, and
on time. On top of that, the beam was supposed to be 200 MEV, and
it came up to 500 MEV. Since then, they have upgraded the site
with a second ring, and superconductive magnets producing over 1
TEV, which is generated at a lower electrical cost than the
500MEV. The SSC belongs there.
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| 257.7 | | CHEV02::MARSH | Jeffrey Marsh, DTN 474-5739 | Thu Feb 19 1987 13:35 | 10 |
| The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in Stanford, CA was
also finished on time and under budget. Unfortunately, speaking
as a former employee of both SLAC and Fermilab, these places are
very, very, very poorly managed once they are completed. These
places are run by physicists who generally think they are capable
of doing anything because they have PhDs in physics. (Some physicists,
like me for example, are much more modest :-) ). I think the lesson
many people associated with large projects need to learn is that
an outstanding physicist (or whatever) doesn't necessarily make an
outstanding manager.
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