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NASA Avoids "Happy New Year" On Shuttle
ClickOnThis noted that NASA is actually avoiding a Shuttle in Space over New Years. It says
"The worry is that shuttle computers aren't designed to make the change from the 365th day of the old year to the first day of the new year while in flight. NASA has never had a shuttle in space December 31 or January 1. 'We've just never had the computers up and going when we've transitioned from one year to another,' said Discovery astronaut Joan Higginbotham. 'We're not really sure how they're going to operate.'" You may notice some deja vu while reading this story. Sorry. Not much happens on Sundays :)
Well done, guys.
its just a date. are the engines linked to what year it is? come on, what could possibly go wrong if the date is wrong? seriously.
Dude, look at a calendar and then look back at your statement. As you put it, they'd only have to deal with the issue every 16 years! Leap year means we have a Feb 29th! Therefore, they'd have to contend with EVERY Feb 29TH! Doofus!
Well, we need to pay salaries to people who don't want to work (Welfare), murder babies (free abortions) for those who deem the result of their sexual promiscuity (children) to be "inconvenient," and we need to interfere and straighten out everyone else's political problems (our presence in the Middle East, East Asia, etc.) rather than letting them settle their differences on their own. Also, we have to give financial aid to China, Russia, Mexico, and allow illegal aliens to get free or reduced tuition and collect social security checks, while at the same time eliminating our manufacturing capacity and run up HUGE trade deficits by offshoring all productivity, leaving the medical field as the only significant domestic industry.
Why is NASA struggling for funding again? Gee, I don't know. Check out the trillion$ of wa$te above.