From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, PLING_QUERY,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,844d6e9b6a6be881 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "John G. Volan" Subject: Re: A New Low for NASA? (was HELP!!!!!!) Date: 1997/06/12 Message-ID: <33A031E2.5F84@sprintmail.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 247925524 References: <3.0.32.19970611204039.009bf630@iu.net> Reply-To: johnvolan@sprintmail.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Sam Harbaugh, Palm Bay, Florida wrote: > > PLEASE SEE MY OPINION BELOW > > >Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 09:08:49 -0600 > >From: Luke Holden > >Subject: HELP!!!!!! > > >HELP!!! I Desperately need Ada programmers. I am working on a project > >called GMP (Geooss Modification Program) The Geooss is a system to > >track the millions of space debris in orbit around earth. NASA uses this > >to figure out when to launch something into orbit and not have it hit > >anything. One problem, The Government did such a bad job on this system > >it desperately needs reprogramming and reorganization. I need as many > >skilled Ada programmers as I can get. There are a few > skills >that will better your chances of being > >hired, they are the folloring: > > >- Ada - Required > > > > >It would be nice if you had a formal education but not required. The > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Good God man! NASA wants to avoid hitting space debris and a formal > education would be *NICE*. Has NASA really hit a new low? > > What contractor will put uneducated programmers on such a project. I > *really* want to know. Please make it easy for me and post the answer. I > want to get the info to my congressman Dave Weldon who is on the space > committee I believe. > > Thanks. > > Sam Harbaugh > Palm Bay, Florida (near where NASA launches things) Moreover, what engineer with any sense of self-respect or even self-preservation would want to apply for employment on a project that is already clearly an utter disaster? Luke, best of luck to you ... because, um, you're going to need it... -- John Volan (who lives on a _planet_ that NASA launches things from) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet.Usenet.Put_Signature (Name => "John G. Volan", Employer => "Texas Instruments Advanced C3I Systems, San Jose, CA", Work_Email => "johnv@ti.com", Home_Email => "johnvolan@sprintmail.com", Slogan => "Ada95: World's *FIRST* International-Standard OOPL", Disclaimer => "My employer never defined these opinions, so using " & "them would be totally erroneous...or is that just " & "nondeterministic behavior now? :-) "); ------------------------------------------------------------------------