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acmespaceship ([personal profile] acmespaceship) wrote2010-04-02 03:59 pm

In Praise of Technical Writers

On April 13, Bonham's auction house in NYC will be auctioning off a few pages from an old technical manual.
With handwritten notes from Fred Haise and James Lovell

RTFM

Good stuff all around at Bonham's "Space History" sale: link

[identity profile] rmjwell.livejournal.com 2010-04-03 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Better than RTFM: write useful notes on it when the manual doesn't have a blessed thing to offer on your current situation.

I so hope I win the lottery tonight.

[identity profile] acmespaceship.livejournal.com 2010-04-03 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so, too.

Think how much money we could make for the American Cancer Society by auctioning a few of these items at the Windycon art show :-)

[identity profile] rmjwell.livejournal.com 2010-04-03 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
BTW what the hell is up with Deke Slayton's Astronaut pin being sold?!?!? Is his family that strapped for cash?