so? I think there are a lot of people are feeling fairly unmotivated to work this morning. I have always worked on tools that engineers use. The tools are generic, so this doesn't affect me nearly as much as say, Brian Hoelscher, who was (and still is) in charge of re-entry. What may surprise you is that I'm not worried about my job, I'm worried about "the mission"... meaning... Some of us were genuinely excited about the chance we were (are) given.
It just seems so stupid to pull the rug out this way. It's not two or three people working... it's centers... there's simulators... plans... engines... hardware... software...
It's not just one of those --- ohhh... scratch that... next...
Arggh!!!
And not only that, but I feel childish... like all that energy was a big Peter Pan pretend fest. Good grief.
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This post touched on a couple of things that struck me too. First, although I like the idea of going to the Moon, I could also get excited about going to asteroids, or building a better space station, or robotic missions to Pluto, or many other possibilities. What's hard is when you work to get to Pluto, then after putting in your best effort, someone says "I was just kidding. Really, we're going to Venus." And all that work is gone except for the bits of experience you can apply to the new mission. That's one side of it -- the frustration. I know so many brilliant people who work on Orion. I can't imagine any of them struggling to find a job. Any company would be lucky to have them. But I feel for them, having put in all those hours to now have to get motivated for a new project, maybe just as uncertain. I am OK with it being Kaley's grandchildren who first go back to the Moon. But I would like to be a part of laying that foundation, doing something that leads down that road rather than dead-ending in an ant hill.
But Mark, Pluto isn't a planet. Actually, I hear, it is a 1,500 mile diameter ant hill.
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