One giant step for tilt-rotors ... Analysts say contract to design big plane reflects Pentagon's ... WASHINGTON - The tilt-rotor aircraft, a new way of flying that seemed ... (sci.military.naval)
Re: Architect contract advice ...design and as-needed supervision during construction. ... and absolving the architect of any liability rather than protecting ... You may find it less trouble to work without a contract and pay him ... I build a house recently in New York State and hired an Architect to ... (alt.home.repair)
Re: OT: Problems with sbcglobal news server? ... maybe you can contract with him? ... Only "full-time permanent" status ...design with op-amps. ... Forte, or PAN, if there is a windows version ... (sci.electronics.design)
Re: Architect contract advice ...design and as-needed supervision during construction. ... and absolving the architect of any liability rather than protecting ... You may find it less trouble to work without a contract and pay him ... I build a house recently in New York State and hired an Architect to ... (alt.home.repair)
Re: Space-X Dragon ... I think the basic problem was that the competitors for the contract each decided that whichever design promised the most spectacular performance would get the contract; therefore there was a tendency to exaggerate the performance of your company's design. ... Without having a lot of engineers in NASA look over all the concepts in detail and unbiasedly, that's going to continue to happen. ... By taking out the profit incentive of getting the contract for the whole vehicle, you end up with realistic engineering and at the same time spread the wealth throughout the aerospace industry with healthy inter-company competition.... (sci.space.policy)
