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Re: THAAD

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:14:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wei-Jen Su 
Subject: Re: THAAD



On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 betnal@ns.net wrote:

> On 6/17/99 12:12PM, in message <"376e4868.16366560"@mhub.corp.jci.com>,
> georgek@netwrx1.com wrote:
>
> >
> > FWIW:
> >
> > I heard this was test #7...the previous 6 were failures...not exactly
> > a great kill ratio IMHO.
> >
> > George
> >
> >
>
>      There were also 13 succesive Polaris failures before the first one worked.
> The first F-14 crashed on its second flight.   That's why they call it a test
> program.
>

	Art, you are right. As a experimentalist myself, you need a lot of
failure to finally succeed. After you learn your mistakes, success will
continues.
	About the F-14 story, I thought it crashed on the first flight
test. I heard from guys at Grumman saying that they knew the airplane is
going to crash because she has a lot of hydraulic, mechanic, etc.
problems, but they flew anyway so they can catch the dateline set by the
goverment. Because if the airplane flew before the dateline, they
will get more money and the program will continue. Will you confirm this
story? Thanks.

					May the Force be with you

					Wei-Jen Su
					E-mail: wsu@cco.caltech.edu

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