POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Astonishment : Re: Astonishment Server Time
7 Sep 2024 17:14:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Astonishment  
From: Darren New
Date: 16 Jul 2008 12:19:57
Message: <487e1fad$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:56:40 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
>> NASA?
>>
>> Aren't they those guys who tried to launch a rocket with a faulty
>> O-ring?
> 
> Um, yeah, and it blew up, killing all crew on board. :-(

It wasn't actually a faulty O-ring. It was an O-ring used outside the 
environment the engineers knew it was supposed to be used in 
(temperature-wise).

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Helpful housekeeping hints:
   Check your feather pillows for holes
    before putting them in the washing machine.


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