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Chuck and I are going to discuss a possible book later this week. Far too early to promise anything on that front, but we're going to talk and see where it leads us.

Obviously, we'll bring Philip and Steve in to the conversation too, but if any of the other members of DIRECT - either public or private side - would be at all interested in contributing to such an effort, please do drop me a line.

If such a project really does goes ahead, I'll mention it here on NSF.

Ross.
Any word? My credit card is ready to help crowdfund it.

Bump. Still willing to be Donor #1 (or +1 if others beat me) to crowd fund the book.
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Really appreciate the encouragement, but there hasn't been any traction at our end so I just don't see it happening.

Ross.
"The meek shall inherit the Earth -- the rest of us will go to the stars"
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Really appreciate the encouragement, but there hasn't been any traction at our end so I just don't see it happening.

Ross.

:sad:

But Thanks for the livestream at least.
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Really appreciate the encouragement, but there hasn't been any traction at our end so I just don't see it happening.

Ross.

:sad:

But Thanks for the livestream at least.
As fascinating as a good history of Direct would be, a good comprehensive history of any project this big and complex is a heck of a lot of work.  If notes, e-mails, CAD models, discussions, aren't organized and documented along the way for the purpose of writing a book, reconstructing a history by sorting through a haystack of information including the NSF threads, and talking with the people who were involved becomes very difficult.  It's not surprising that nobody has the time to do this.

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Re: Jupiter DIRECT - Livestream Discussion - Sat 11/11/2023
« Reply #64 on: 10/06/2024 07:53 pm »
<snip> ...and talking with the people who were involved becomes very difficult.  It's not surprising that nobody has the time to do this.

Especially when one considers that the majority of them were design engineers at Boeing, Lockheed and MSFC, who must remain publicly anonymous. To this day, exposure would not be a pleasant experience for them.
« Last Edit: 10/06/2024 07:55 pm by clongton »
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Re: Jupiter DIRECT - Livestream Discussion - Sat 11/11/2023
« Reply #65 on: 10/07/2024 09:51 pm »
<snip> ...and talking with the people who were involved becomes very difficult.  It's not surprising that nobody has the time to do this.

Especially when one considers that the majority of them were design engineers at Boeing, Lockheed and MSFC, who must remain publicly anonymous. To this day, exposure would not be a pleasant experience for them.

Understood, sad that there is still a threat to these unnamed engineers.


Since the book will never come out, is there any chance you gents (and ladies, etc.,) that were involved could expand on any of the topics covered in the livestream, as you have time/interest/can with out disclosing any identifying information? For instance, the discovery that the ET I-beam did not actually act as a detuning device to mitigate thrust oscillation of the SRBs.

Maybe we could activate a Direct Q&A , or " Stories from Direct" thread?
« Last Edit: 10/07/2024 10:02 pm by JAFO »
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