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| ||||| Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 05:01 pm Hello; Worked at JPL during Pathfinder and would like to know if there are any parts for the Hubble retro on this mission, STS 109, that were fabricated at JPL? When JPL downsized many GREAT MACHINISTS were sent out the door,me included! I would like to know if people realize how all that goes up in space is done by devoted hard working MACHINISTS that never get recognized! | |
| ||||| Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 08:11 pm We at the Hubble Program certainly appreciate our machinists. I'm not sure about the JPL parts. I do know that JPL folks are involved with Wide Field Camera 3, which is scheduled to be placed on board Hubble during Servicing Mission 4. | |
| ||||| Saturday, March 02, 2002 - 11:32 pm Sorry, no parts from JPL on this mission. There WILL be lots of JPL parts for the Wide Field Camera 3 instrument on the next mission. Some of these JPL parts are from the WF/PC 1 camera originally launched with Hubble. | |
| ||||| Sunday, March 03, 2002 - 08:55 am Hello; Thanks for the input.When I was at JPL we did make parts for the correction on the faulty mirror so I was just curious if JPL did have anything to do with this mission. I still feel Machinists get the back seat when it comes to recognition compared to engineers and scientists. As far as I am concern most past machinists that left JPL were scientist and engineers in their own way! It was sad to me seeing so many talented hard working Machinist layed off. Anyway I am glued to my computer watching this mission and it is so fantastic to have so much to explore. The coverage on Nasa Human Space Flight is great and my hats off to all that make it possible,no machinists darn,lol. They just nested that baby in the cargo bay so now the fun begins. Thanks again and catch you folks on the flip side. | |
| ||||| Tuesday, March 05, 2002 - 03:17 pm To Richard (and everyone else involved!) I suspect Machinists get overlooked because we non-NASA people tend to refer to anyone technical as "an engineer", lacking, as we do, the correct nomenclature! That does not mean we do not appreciate your individual work though. Personally I am hugely impressed by the dedication and precision that is required in every area of this field. And unlike regular jobs involving typing e-mails and shuffling paper, you guys have an AMAZING end product! You can be proud to be involved with something so influential and inspiring - in whatever capacity. So, from me - and doubtless many others - you get recognition, awe, respect and, most of all, thanks. | |
| ||||| Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 09:11 am Hello Helen; Thank you thank you for the fine words.I do want to insert a word to your wonderfull comments,guys and women or guys and Dolls,lol.I worked at many places that WOMEN and/or female machinists were employed and did the work as well as guys! There are so many different fields of work involved in the space program that it is impossible to make comment of each and everyone. I just feel that machinists contribute so much to the program, my personnal opinion. So with that I will get off my soap box and keep watching this mission and all the good stuff made by Machinists,male and female,lol. Rich  | |
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