Descartes and Tycho

Repairing the LX200 Classic Hand Controller Keypad

My instructions for repairing the LX200 Classic keypad are here.

Maybe I Already Have One Of Those Government Jobs and Don't Know It

Came across this lovely nugget while formatting a set of instructions:
"Located under the Software section, the 2550-Series software is titled 2500-Series Locator PC Tool..."

I Gotta Get One Of Those Government Jobs

"The vehicle will ship at the conclusion of the pre-ship activities."
-- U.S. Air Force Captain Elizabeth Aptekar, spokesperson for the X34B project referring to the shipment date of the X34B.

Story here.