Comments on: NASA finds apparent sabotage of computers for ISS http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:45:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The German http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/comment-page-1/#comment-43714 The German Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:05:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/#comment-43714 That is weird. I'm glad NASA found the problem early. I wonder how close the NASA subs check out their workers. That is weird. I’m glad NASA found the problem early. I wonder how close the NASA subs check out their workers.

]]> By: Tom’s Astronomy Blog » Blog Archive » Out of Sorts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/comment-page-1/#comment-43713 Tom’s Astronomy Blog » Blog Archive » Out of Sorts Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:09:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/#comment-43713 [...] Things seem to be all out of whack. An employee of a subcontractor is being investigated for sabotaging a computer set to go to the International Space Station with Endeavour two weeks from now. The flight is proceeding. Phil has a good piece about it on BA. [...] [...] Things seem to be all out of whack. An employee of a subcontractor is being investigated for sabotaging a computer set to go to the International Space Station with Endeavour two weeks from now. The flight is proceeding. Phil has a good piece about it on BA. [...]

]]> By: NASA’s bad news day « Meng Bomin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/comment-page-1/#comment-43715 NASA’s bad news day « Meng Bomin Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:58:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/#comment-43715 [...] found via Bad Astronomy posts here, here, and [...] [...] found via Bad Astronomy posts here, here, and [...]

]]> By: Anton P. Nym http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/comment-page-1/#comment-43716 Anton P. Nym Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:27:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/#comment-43716 Zim, Bart, I can easily imagine other motives; for one, spite after that employee being denied a raise. (And yes, people do get that petty and stupid. I've seen it happen in person, right before the guy (in this case) took a swing at his union rep and was frog-marched out of the plant.) Don't fall into the trap of seeing Fundie opponents everywhere; after all, it's that "for us or against us" mentality that's the most dangerous part of zealotry. As to the rest of the news, with all the problems cropping up this week I'm hoping this is some sort of "lancing the boil" for the space program... fingers crossed that this is the worst of it, and that the wound gets bound up properly afterwards so it doesn't get reinfected. -- Steve Zim, Bart, I can easily imagine other motives; for one, spite after that employee being denied a raise. (And yes, people do get that petty and stupid. I’ve seen it happen in person, right before the guy (in this case) took a swing at his union rep and was frog-marched out of the plant.) Don’t fall into the trap of seeing Fundie opponents everywhere; after all, it’s that “for us or against us” mentality that’s the most dangerous part of zealotry.

As to the rest of the news, with all the problems cropping up this week I’m hoping this is some sort of “lancing the boil” for the space program… fingers crossed that this is the worst of it, and that the wound gets bound up properly afterwards so it doesn’t get reinfected.

— Steve

]]> By: Sergeant Zim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/comment-page-1/#comment-43717 Sergeant Zim Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:06:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/#comment-43717 Bart, the same idea occured to me as soon as I read the story. I would suggest that any faith that is so fragile that it can be threatened by the exploration of the Universe is a faith that is not worth having to begin with (YEC, Flat Earth, etc.). Bart, the same idea occured to me as soon as I read the story. I would suggest that any faith that is so fragile that it can be threatened by the exploration of the Universe is a faith that is not worth having to begin with (YEC, Flat Earth, etc.).

]]> By: ElwoodHerring http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/comment-page-1/#comment-43718 ElwoodHerring Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:01:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/#comment-43718 To Bart: I'm sure that isn't the case here, but I'm also quite certain that something like the Contact terrorist episode will occur sooner or later. The higher science climbs, the greater the percentage of people that will fear it because they can't understand it. We need more science teachers teaching proper science and we need them NOW! To Bart: I’m sure that isn’t the case here, but I’m also quite certain that something like the Contact terrorist episode will occur sooner or later. The higher science climbs, the greater the percentage of people that will fear it because they can’t understand it. We need more science teachers teaching proper science and we need them NOW!

]]> By: Ronn! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/comment-page-1/#comment-43720 Ronn! Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:06:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/26/nasa-find-apparent-sabotage-of-computers-for-iss/#comment-43720 Hmm . . . the link to the ABC News story failed to appear. Let me try again: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3418691&page=1 Hmm . . . the link to the ABC News story failed to appear. Let me try again:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3418691&page=1

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