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Old 05-27-2009, 06:51 PM
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After Five Years Of Competition...We Won GOES-R Today

This certainly fits the "Off Topic" category but I wanted to post this here among people with whom I share a record of accomplishment and a passion for cars (and technology).

This link explains the result:

NOAA Selects Contractor to Develop GOES-R Ground System

I am a senior member of the winning team that has been in competition for this contract for the last 5 years. We beat a combined team of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin for the job. If you are an American taxpayer, GOES-R represents some of the best technology America has to offer.

I get to play with the cool toys.....and I'm not just talking about my Porsche.
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Old 05-27-2009, 07:20 PM
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Re: After Five Years Of Competition...We Won GOES-R Today

Congratulations on the win!
...We fabbed the Mid-Wave IR detectors for earlier versions of those satellites and it was so cool to use these weather satellite images to show people examples of what we did!
You now have very cool bragging rights.
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Old 05-27-2009, 07:58 PM
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Re: After Five Years Of Competition...We Won GOES-R Today

Congrats on a very significant and obviously hard earned accomplishment for you, your team and your company. Not that I can begin to understand the technical challenges, but the concepts outlined in the article are very cool.
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Old 05-27-2009, 10:13 PM
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Re: After Five Years Of Competition...We Won GOES-R Today

Hey...my company will be storing and managing all of that data.

Thanks in advance for gathering LOT'S of it.

...and congratulations to you and your colleagues.
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