TEGA - Round 2 |
TEGA - Round 2 |
Jul 19 2008, 12:04 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I challenge you not to look at this and make a ping/spring/boing happy sort of a noise.
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/lg_14223.jpg |
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Oct 18 2008, 05:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Let me know when you guys develop the ability to predict the future, because it would be a great help in mission planning.
Honestly, I think the jury is still out on how well TEGA will end up meeting its mission goals, and whether the design and fabrication were as good as they could have been given reasonable expectations of soil properties. I doubt if the TEGA team will be pulling any punches in the self-criticism department when they write their final result papers. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Oct 18 2008, 07:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Let me know when you guys develop the ability to predict the future, because it would be a great help in mission planning. To the question, "Is TEGA in 20-20 hindsight poorly designed?", I just wondered how you could say "I have no idea". Of course, in hindsight it didn't work well where sample delivery is concerned. I'm not saying they should have known in advance. |
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Oct 18 2008, 08:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
To the question, "Is TEGA in 20-20 hindsight poorly designed?", I just wondered how you could say "I have no idea". Because I don't even know how successful or unsuccessful TEGA has been, much less how much of that is due to poor design and how much to random variation in circumstances. Of course, maybe you know a lot more about the instrument design and all of the tradeoffs and how it's behaved in flight than I do, which is entirely possible. If not, then I'd say you are jumping to conclusions if you think that TEGA was certainly "poorly designed." -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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