Let's Synchronize our Watches

Self-destructing instructions and synchronized watches are standard operating procedure for the good-guy secret agents. Right? At least that's the way I remember it. Synchronized time-pieces were essential to the plan going - well - as planned.

So t was with great amusement this week that I followed the story of the Boeing Starliner's missed rendezvous with the International Space Station. Turns out the spacecraft's watch did not synchronize properly causing the craft to end up in the wrong orbit. Attempts to fix the problem remotely were unsuccessful because the spacecraft was between communication satellites and could not receive the signal. As if that were not embarrassing enough, some reports have informed that had their been a human on board they may have been able to correct the problem. 

Moral of the story? Technology is a wonderful thing .... when it works. Use it wise;y and let's be careful not to discount the value of the human touch and intervention. 

Keep Smiling Keep Moving. 

-Paula