Standing Down
Nov. 17th, 2003 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaLast night when I went to bed we were less than 20 days from launch. Today they are removing the vehicle from the top of the rocket and it will be into the second quarter before it is ready for flight again. :(
I don't know why this has me so depressed. Technically it means I just got a six month extension on all the things I wanted to add to the software to make it even better. I have another six months to comb through my systems and make sure that they will run absolutely flawlessly and that my department will look fantastic.
I was ready to see her fly. :( I've been looking forward to launch for two years. The past few months I've worked harder and more seriously than I ever have at any job I've ever held. I've tested and retested, aggressively queried users and got feedback and done everything to make my part of the project the most successful I could possibly be. Everyone has worked hard.
I guess maybe I should be proud... My software was used (in part) to help them validate their concern about the hardware and fix it before it launched. If the parts were to fail in-flight, the consequences and cost would be much worse. Somehow that isn't very comforting though. I didn't realize how wound up I was for launch. I'm left feeling sort of battered and empty. I left workf or the afternoon because I realized I probably wasn't going to be productive for the rest of the afternoon... Also... What was to be my final pre-flight software approval testing was scheduled for today. QA cancelled it. *sigh* I don't have time to be depressed like this.
I don't know why this has me so depressed. Technically it means I just got a six month extension on all the things I wanted to add to the software to make it even better. I have another six months to comb through my systems and make sure that they will run absolutely flawlessly and that my department will look fantastic.
I was ready to see her fly. :( I've been looking forward to launch for two years. The past few months I've worked harder and more seriously than I ever have at any job I've ever held. I've tested and retested, aggressively queried users and got feedback and done everything to make my part of the project the most successful I could possibly be. Everyone has worked hard.
I guess maybe I should be proud... My software was used (in part) to help them validate their concern about the hardware and fix it before it launched. If the parts were to fail in-flight, the consequences and cost would be much worse. Somehow that isn't very comforting though. I didn't realize how wound up I was for launch. I'm left feeling sort of battered and empty. I left workf or the afternoon because I realized I probably wasn't going to be productive for the rest of the afternoon... Also... What was to be my final pre-flight software approval testing was scheduled for today. QA cancelled it. *sigh* I don't have time to be depressed like this.
