Deja vu

From: Aaron Michael Walkhouse <aaronwa_at_telusplanet.net>
Date: Tue Sep 1 23:45:15 1998

>-----Original Message-----
>From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
>[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joe
>Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 4:41 PM
>To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
>Subject: Re: Deja vu
>
>At 04:29 PM 8/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> I see another rocket has blown up.
>> Looks like it's time to break out those
>> desk top analog computers that got us
>> into space the first time.
>
> Yeap, time to go back to using HP 9825s! Seems like the fault in this
>one was that they had the software for the OLD guidance system loaded!

D'oh! You'd think that after The Famous Ariane 5 Fireball that every launch
since would have that checked as part of the countdown.
That one was way too spectacular to forget.
Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 23:45:15 BST