Air & Space Musuem Annex, Dulles, VA, Part One

[jeriendhal]

Last month, during my rather haphazard vacation, I found the time to go over to the Udar-Hazy Air & Space Museum Annex for the first time, and took some pics.



Post 9/11, newer office buildings have learned to dodge more effectively.




It's a lovely walkway, but at the wrong time of day the reflectors can fry potential visitors.




Mr. Langley's Not So Magnificent Flying Machine




Yes, that's a kid sized spacesuit. No, it's not for real. :(




A government contractor got paid to build this. *headdesk*

Comments

[selenite.livejournal.com]

A government contractor got paid to build this.

Vibration-triggered radio transmitter: $750
Colored plaster coating: $2.50
Developing process to make coating look like dog doo: $15,000
Testing to verify object looks like dog doo to random observers: $40,000
Testing to verify coating stays intact when air-dropped: $350,000 (plus 150 hours C-123 flight time GFE)
Documenting transmitter and plaster are from domestic suppliers: $40,000
Maintaining CODEWORD-Secret security levels for development and testing: $875,000
Documenting compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations: $1,025,000
Providing briefings and snacks to visiting Generals and Congressmen: $75,000
Manufacturing 1000 copies: $900,000
Deployment: Not charged to project (routine USAF operations)
Profit: 12% guaranteed in cost-plus contract

And that's with no overruns.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Snerk!

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

See? Your job *could be worse*.