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Space Forum / Shuttle / November 2004Up Close and 'Awesome': Space Shuttle Mesmerizes Visitors to Dulles Museum's New Hangar
Up Close and 'Awesome': Space Shuttle Mesmerizes Visitors to Dulles Museum's New Hangar Up Close and 'Awesome' Space Shuttle Mesmerizes Visitors to Dulles Museum's New Hangar By David Cho Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 2, 2004; Page B01 Matthew Seu and his two sons yesterday became the first to boldly go where no tourist had been before: within a few feet of the spaceship Enterprise. This was no movie prop. This was the real deal: A space shuttle, 122 feet long, able to carry a 150,000-pound payload, that once was capable of taking man beyond the blue. As Seu's wide-eyed sons put it as they took in the colossal sight: "Awesome." -- end excerpt -- And it goes on like that ...  Signaturerk, Just an OldEngineer "Engineers abhor extrapolation" -- Ken Iliff, from _Runway to Orbit_, 2004 > ". . .able to carry a 150,000-pound payload, . . ." You'd think they'd get something as basic as this correct (even setting aside the inconvenient detail that OV-101 isn't even a flight article). SignatureHerb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D. "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." ~ Robert A. Heinlein <http://www.angryherb.net> >> ". . .able to carry a 150,000-pound payload, . . ." > > You'd think they'd get something as basic as this correct (even > setting aside the inconvenient detail that OV-101 isn't even a flight > article). And there were a number of other rather serious oopses in there. What was surprising was that the author did speak to some rather well respected space historians but did not have them proof read the article or send them an early courtesy copy. It appears there was no effort at even basic fact checking. Personally, I expect more from our local paper (Washington Post) and perhaps we are seeing the effects of Kathy Sawyer retiring. Signaturerk, Just an OldEngineer "Engineers abhor extrapolation" -- Ken Iliff, from _Runway to Orbit_, 2004 |
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