I suspect that was his point, beneath the hyperbole. And, yes, we will.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <[email protected]>wrote: > It's NASA's job to push technology. That was half the > reason for the moon project. > > If we get a $5 10-14 XO we'll find a use for it, no? > > > > On 05/09/2011 08:25 AM, William H. Fite wrote: > >> Overheard from a senior NASA research metrologist: >> >> "The only reason we're doing it is because we *can* (improving clock >> accuracy, said in the context of the aluminum clock). We can already time >> so accurately, just as an example, that if we launched a spacecraft today >> toward Sirius we could predict its location when the craft arrived many >> thousands of years from now, to within a thousand miles or so." >> >> That's not a precise quote but it is a close paraphrase. >> >> Heck, I thought that was why time nuts did it, anyway. >> >> "Because it's there." >> George Mallory, 1924 >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > -- > Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R [email protected] www.omen.com > Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications > Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" > 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
