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!"
I have to admit, I’m fascinated by the tendency to twist EVERY possible angle of a situation in such a way that something negative comes out of it.
The wheel is broken? I see, NASA messed it up.
Oh, the wheel lasted much longer than expected? I see, NASA intentionally ripped people off.
(Even if it is a joke - It was a joke, right?)
@Ann_Effes @SCALETHEORY @pomarede of course it is a joke - the engineering skill required by NASA to keep Voyagers alive is incomprehensible to all but a few thousand people on the planet of which thankfully I am one. I was an excited child when they were announced, were finally launched, have followed them since and thank goodness for the foresight of those engineers to be able to probe beyond our solar system. It was not their primary objective but not enough dollars in the world to buy that.