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- From: vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Message-ID: <1996Feb25.144018.8984@ohstpy>
- Date: 25 Feb 96 14:40:18 -0500
- References: <4etcmm$lpd@nova.dimensional.com> <tgmDnC3AM.MEv@netcom.com>
- Followup-To: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics
-
- In article <tgmDnC3AM.MEv@netcom.com>, tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams) writes:
- > Ted Dennison (dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com) wrote:
- > : Matthew M. Lih wrote:
- > : > My initial reaction to this piece of news is: Great. Another technical decision
- > : > from the same people who brought you frozen O-rings.
- > :
- > : Morton-Thyocol?
- >
- > For the record, it was NASA administrators who pushed for the
- > Challenger launch. The engineers and contractors were overruled in
- > their efforts to scrub the launch.
- >
-
- The NASA admins, of course, were pushed by the Whitehouse, who insisted
- on having the Challenger in orbit during Reagan's State of the Union
- Address, where the plan was to do a live interview with the Teacher-In-Space
- and the President during the address, all in the name of propoganda.
-
- -Garrett
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