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From: Robert Love <rblove@airmail.net>
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Subject: Re: SBIRS, Ada and Ignorance
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:26:28 -0000
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In <OKgrf.5742$mj1.1091@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> Joseph 
Vlietstra  wrote:
> Some answers about the SBIRS program.
> - The SBIRS program was plagued by poor initial systems engineering.

That much I suspected.  Thanks for your information.


> Anyone claiming that Ada was the problem is either ignorant of the
> circumstances or hoping to obscure the initial systems engineering
> problems.  

I used Ignorance in my orginal thread title but I bet is is the latter 
reason, LM officials looking for an easy scapegoat.  What goads me is 
the USAF bought it hook, line and sinker.

> In fact, Ada's language features allowed us to get as
> far as we have.

Sing it, brother.

Now, how do we get the word out, other than to our merry band?