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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 16:11:48 -0600
To: chris@sc*.ed*
From: Grady Richardson <grichardson@wo*.at*.ne*>
Subject: Re: ...contridiction- MY opinion.
Cc: cavers@cavers.com
Chris

Absolutely right! It would have been better to train at another location
before the start of the project. Better yet for Stone to have stayed at
home. It also would have been better, from a safety standpoint, to engineer
OUT as many failure points as possible on the RB instead of engineering
more IN. Finally, the shortcomings of the project will be the original idea
behind the Cis, to extend cave exploration beyond the limits of OC.

GR

>Grady,
>	You are on the money- and that's what this is all about. The problem 
>is that what should have been done is reverse this order. Validation, 
>that is proving the system in Little River, Ginnie, or even the Leon 
>Sinks system, leads to acceptance which, in turn, leads to sales. I 
>don't know a whole lot about rebreathers but I do understand that the 
>process being followed is an attempt at short-cutting proper 
>development and one thing I *have* learned is that, at best, 
>shortcuts don't work and, at worst, can be disasterous. With lives at 
>stake on the outcome, this is unconscionable. (my opinion)
>C.
> 
>
>Chris Elmore
>Network Manager
>University of SC
>(803) 777-1534 office
>(803) 348-3055 mobile
>

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