Luddite
Paul:
You; of all people a Luddite?????? I can't believe it. You; one of NASA's finest, a Luddite. OMG what is this world comming to!
Seriously, I'm a retired USAF Documentary filmaker. In the middle 70's I filmed the final preperations of the first GPS satellite to be placed into orbit. I had extensive conversations with the design and production engineers and the tech's during the endless hours of checkouts in the clean room. They told me that it was designed for ships and might eventually make it into large cargo military aircraft.
Even they had no idea at that time how miniturization would change the whole world of electronics.
At that time, with the clocks on board that they had to work with, I would have been skeptical of waas too. (They hadn't even thought of accuracy that good at that time.) Now 30 years later, with cesium clocks and the checks and balances, I'm a believer.
Mannan Thomason (Reformed Luddite)
RV-8 N161RL No. One Girl