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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe)
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.aviation
Subject: No joy?
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Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 16:50:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  8 16:50:40 1984
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Does anyone know the origin and meaning of the phrase "no joy"?  I have heard
it now from three astronauts on separate occasions.  I think I heard it also
on "Call to Glory" so I am guessing it came from military pilot jargon and
made its way into NASA.  I also think it probably means "no success".  If
anyone has further details on how the phrase came about, please fill me in.
Why didn't Tom Wolfe have this in "The Right Stuff"?  (or did I miss it?)
--
"It's only by NOT taking the human race seriously that I retain what
    fragments of my once considerable mental powers I still possess."
Roger Noe			ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe