[ScottinSoCal]

I'm an engineer in aerospace, mostly the space part, and mostly imaging systems, although we build other things, too. We built the imaging sensors for Hubble (not the mirror, thankfully) and we're building the imaging sensors for James Webb Space Telescope, which will go up to replace Hubble. One of my programs recently wound up in the ocean off Antarctica, when the rocket failed. We spent three years building those parts, and it's a little frustrating.

In a previous life, I spent 10 years as Manager of IT for a couple of software development companies, but computers are strictly a hobby these days. I left the field after the IT market melted down, and my company was bought by Computer Associates. I don't like working for large companies.

 

[ScottinSoCal]

I was a Detective, specializing in Auto Theft.

And Internal Affairs never caught up with you?

 

[ScottinSoCal]

In the end the Hubble was a great success.

Amazing pictures from it, and I can't wait to see what else JWST will find. I'm amazed at the difference a few years advance can make. I saw the technology behind the new mirrors for JWST, and it's incredible.

And, being the SF geek that I am, it's way cool to actually hold something that will be in space.

 

[ScottinSoCal]

It sure would be interesting to see a compairason between today's 107 owners and their original owners

The original owner of mine was a construction company - the company name was written into the warranty booklet as the owner. I would imagine it was bought for the president of the company. Or his wife/girlfriend/mistress/boyfriend/random hooker he picked up on Sunset and fell in love with.