Don't drop the...

[ed731pdh]

Nothing that some plastic padding would not cure; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvyIrsZ7Zhs&feature=related

[pwdrive]

Mmm, should have gone to specsavers, defective gear or a slight load misscalculation maybe.

Lawrence.

[Joe]

Ouch!

- Joe

[AlanBeckett]

I think that's probably stressed it beyond the point where the Manuafacturer will guarantee satisfactory operation

Alan

[pwdrive]

I wonder if that was the south bound train...

[Skywave]

And I wondered if the crane operator might have been on a train-ing session.

Al.

[Nick]

Great video!

However...

This "drop" was classed by NASA as an "anomaly" - it cost USD 135 MILLION to repair the satellite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA-19

Problem occurred because the satellite was supposed to be bolted to its platform so that it could be tilted to be worked on - unfortunately, the "pre-tilt" safety procedure didn't involve checking the bolts, 24 of which, unfortunately, had been borrowed for use on another project... a definite career-limiting exercise...

[Skywave]

This "drop" was classed by NASA as an "anomaly" - it cost USD 135 MILLION to repair the satellite.

Hmm. "Anomaly", eh? Some 'anomaly'! Perhaps 'NASA' stands for 'National Association for Stupid Acronyms'? I nearly wrote the word "Ameri . . ." - then I thought better of it. Makes some of my mishaps look trivial in comparison . . . but then I operate with a somewhat smaller budget.

Al.

[Nick]

This "drop" was classed by NASA as an "anomaly" - it cost USD 135 MILLION to repair the satellite.

Hmm. "Anomaly", eh? Some 'anomaly'! Perhaps 'NASA' stands for 'National Association for Stupid Acronyms'? I nearly wrote the word "Ameri . . ." - then I thought better of it. Makes some of my mishaps look trivial in comparison . . . but then I operate with a somewhat smaller budget.

To be fair, it wasn't NASA that dropped it, it was Lockheed Martin.