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Always highly aware of publicity and the public view of itself, in general, NASA
put on a nice show as it saluted the 200-some folks who worked on the CAIB
investigation project in staff support positions during several months of 2003.
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We gathered at NASA Headquarters on E St in Washington, DC, and it was fun to
see some folks I hadn't seen for awhile (I left the company contracting some of
these services, a couple months before CAIB officially ended its investigation).
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While the contribution of the vast majority of us could be easily exaggerated
(and was), there is no question but that some of the people working on the project
were absolutely top-notch, and whatever success this project had (great, so far
as I can tell) is owing to that small group of people who actually knew what
they were doing. And did it.
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Nevertheless, the rest of us were happy to bask in this reflected glory, and
accept our awards as if we deserved them. You learn to live with who you are.
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