Re: SBIRS, Ada and Ignorance

In <OKgrf.5742$mj1.1091@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?
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