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Space Forum / Shuttle / June 2005Shambles Nasa phone briefing
Hi, I do hope Nasa are better at actually launching the Shuttle, than they were yesterday at briefing the press via a phone or internet audio link. For a start it was wildly delayed, then they told people to go away and come back at a certain time, when they did, the briefing was already underway. Then they seemed unable to filter the noises from the numerous connected phone lines from a very weak outgoing signal, so if anyone on the circuit said anything, it was five times louder than he person answering the question. I'm not actually writing a piece, just observing, but tempers became frayed when the Nasa end told everyone to mute their phones, then they got a crossed line with someone, it sounded like, discussing something different. Numerous bleeps obscured vital info, and crackles like I only recall from the 60s finished it off. What a 'great' advert for superior technology. Not. Brian  SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > Hi, I do hope Nasa are better at actually launching the Shuttle, than they > were yesterday at briefing the press via a phone or internet audio link. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What a 'great' advert for superior technology. Not. they probably use the same third-party telecon firm that CDC uses. That happens to us a lot, and it makes for very frustrating meetings. But that's nota ny shortcoming on NASA's part, just immature technology owned and operated by someone else. It's still better than the alternatives. SignatureTerrell Miller millerto@bellsouth.net "Suddenly, after nearly 30 years of scorn, Prog is cool again". -Entertainment Weekly > Hi, I do hope Nasa are better at actually launching the Shuttle, than they > were yesterday at briefing the press via a phone or internet audio link. I hope you realize that NASA doesn't operate phone lines. >I hope you realize that NASA doesn't operate phone lines. No ... but they are the ones who call for bids to provide telecommunications services, vet the vendors, and award the contract. Same process as with Boeing ... though hopefully the price-tag is lower. Nick >>I hope you realize that NASA doesn't operate phone lines. > >No ... but they are the ones who call for bids to provide telecommunications >services, vet the vendors, and award the contract. Unfortunately, the people who do those things often are not the people who have to actually use the resulting services. Signature"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer -- George Herbert | henry@spsystems.net >>>I hope you realize that NASA doesn't operate phone lines. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Unfortunately, the people who do those things often are not the people >who have to actually use the resulting services. Hmm, this has turned into a good analogy! I guess this is true of the spacecraft too! Nick Of course I know they don't operate phone lines, but for goodness sake, they presumably commission people to sort this sort of thing out. It really did sound like some throwback from the past. Most media can use over the net telephones these days, so why not Nasa? Brian SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >> Hi, I do hope Nasa are better at actually launching the Shuttle, than >> they were yesterday at briefing the press via a phone or internet audio >> link. > > I hope you realize that NASA doesn't operate phone lines. > Of course I know they don't operate phone lines, but for goodness sake, > they presumably commission people to sort this sort of thing out. > > It really did sound like some throwback from the past. Most media can use > over the net telephones these days, so why not Nasa? Yeah but stuff breaks. And NASA has a fairly long history of not doing right by the media. It's nothing new. |
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