To: d-informed-1
that thing is STILL working?!Both of them are still working ... and a couple of weeks ago NASA extended their operational mission into mid-2006. Not bad for a couple of pieces of equipment that were designed to last for 90 days!
11 posted on
04/29/2005 2:25:00 PM PDT by
StevieB
To: StevieB
Not bad for a couple of pieces of equipment that were designed to last for 90 days!
This ain't you Father's Oldsmobile.
NASA may have written a 90-day MTBF criteria into the design spec, but you know that got multiplied by 5 or 10 by the time the material demand hit the upstream suppliers. Nobody wanted to have their company name in the negative news.
"Failure of a teflon coated titanuim sphincter bearing sold to NASA by Federal Moneytaker Inc. has ended the Mars rover mission early..."
THAT would go over like lead balloons in the boardroom.
50 posted on
04/29/2005 3:02:08 PM PDT by
HKMk23
(Rex regum et Dominus dominantium)
To: StevieB
pieces of equipment that were designed to last for 90 days
Roger that.
Jammer
57 posted on
04/29/2005 3:12:21 PM PDT by
JamminJAY
(This space for rent)
To: StevieB
Both of them are still working ... and a couple of weeks ago NASA extended their operational mission into mid-2006. Not bad for a couple of pieces of equipment that were designed to last for 90 days!
Do you know where to look for a map of Mars showing the full paths taken so far?
To: StevieB
did they find our flag yet?
sarcasm
79 posted on
04/29/2005 4:24:25 PM PDT by
longfellow
(You're either with US or from Hollywood! Ultimateamerican.com)
To: StevieB
I'm happy to say I had a tiny role in the build of one tiny part of them.
87 posted on
04/29/2005 5:36:05 PM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Proud parent of Vermont's 6th grade state chess champion.)
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