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From: howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM (Howard Stateman)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Old fashioned control room
Message-ID: <9130001@hpwrce.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 89 15:11:56 GMT
References: <2108@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: HP North American Response Center
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>b). The equipment looks very oldfashioned.
>My question is: Why? The tourguide said: Because there no need for 
>newer equipment.
>I don't believe that. Personally I think it's to show to all the 
>poeple that NASA has not enough money to even make a modern control-
>room (and thus: give NASA more money).

There are two conflicting things here. One is "If it works, don't fix it." 
Most of that old gear works well,
and replacing it just for cosmetic reasons would be foolish.

The other thing is that NASA has been given too small a budget to
remodel to all-new, all-digital stuff, and it is probable that they
have mismanaged that part of the budget on top of that.

Howard Stateman, Hewlett-Packard Response Center, Mountain View, CA
and Sysop, The Anatomically Correct BBS (415) 364-3739
I speak for myself. I have no idea for whom HP speaks.
howeird@hpwrc.HP.COM or hplabs!hpwrc!howeird