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vivaldirules · 03-05-2011, 08:30 AM

Ouch. I feel for your son's colleagues. I had an old college colleague who was the principal investigator for a NASA satellite that launched and failed to reach orbit a decade ago. Many years of work leading up to it (and years more of work that was to come) all disappeared in a matter of seconds. Makes me wonder what he's up to now.

EDIT: Okay, it looks like he's no longer associated with the Jet Propulsion Lab and he's now teaching at a small college. It was perhaps a life-changing event for him.

03-05-2011, 08:30 AM	#3
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Ouch. I feel for your son's colleagues. I had an old college colleague who was the principal investigator for a NASA satellite that launched and failed to reach orbit a decade ago. Many years of work leading up to it (and years more of work that was to come) all disappeared in a matter of seconds. Makes me wonder what he's up to now. EDIT: Okay, it looks like he's no longer associated with the Jet Propulsion Lab and he's now teaching at a small college. It was perhaps a life-changing event for him. Last edited by vivaldirules; 03-05-2011 at 08:35 AM.