Daniel PomarèdeCuriosity: 4844th day of the mission
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Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
#Mars #Curiosity #rover #Sol4844 #CuriosityRover #space #science
Scale TheoryThis is the best of the best for the cost of this tire?
NASA, you're fired. WE were ripped off, but fleeced by the oligarchy with too much and gas people who don't need another "dollar" for the rest of their lives.
Ann EffesBuilding a rover is like building a race car: Spend a fortune on making everything as light as possible, and by “possible” I mean: light enough to last just long enough. If it lasts LONGER, it wasn’t lightweight enough. Because transporting mass to Mars is incredibly expensive, making things lighter is therefore the first step to saving money. And after all, the component has exceeded its planned service life by a factor of 7.
So indeed suboptimal: Still too sturdy.
Cybarbie@Ann_Effes @SCALETHEORY @pomarede I think by now we have to realize that NASA scientists lie through their teeth about how long things are expected to last just so they extend the mission with "oh well it's there now it would be a real shame to waste it amazing its lasted this long... nooo us? would we do that? never!"
AccordionBruce@nf3xn @Ann_Effes @SCALETHEORY @pomarede
Never occurred to me those Voyager scientists were planing a generations–long job-retention plan for themselves
Never occurred to me those Voyager scientists were planing a generations–long job-retention plan for themselves
@AccordionBruce @Ann_Effes @SCALETHEORY @pomarede look how much _science_ we can fit in this >slaps roof<