[Boatanchors] Space Shuttle (OT, kinda)

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>


>I spent two plus years working on a payload, only to see it blown up
>after BECO ( ed. : Booster Engine Cut-Off )
>due to a staging failure. I saw the problem, told my late boss, but
> it went off anyway.

Let me guess:  Your (mis)manager got a raise and an "atta-boy"
and some poor low-level engineer who wasn't even in the loop
got a reprimand and a pink slip....