What's happened to BTX

[PWY]

Has to do with returning solar probes crashing into the ground instead of
deploying the capture chute.

I suppose that dropping the probe from a high altitude bomber to test it
before spending the money to send it on the mission was deemed unnecessary
or too expensive? Hindsight is truly 20/20.

PWY

 

[Tim Auton]

I suppose that dropping the probe from a high altitude bomber to test it
before spending the money to send it on the mission was deemed unnecessary
or too expensive? Hindsight is truly 20/20.

They actually did do that and it worked. You can't get the 3g, 10g, 3g
(or is that -3g, -10g, -3g ;-) deceleration profile the sensor was
designed to respond to by dropping something from a bomber.

Still, you'd have hoped someone would have noticed in some other way.


Tim

 

[Al Smith]

Fifty years of running a mind in high gear seems to take it's toll.

You might need a bigger cooling fan in your hat <G>

He should opt for liquid hat cooling -- couple of beer cans and
some plastic tubes.

 

[David Maynard]

I suppose that dropping the probe from a high altitude bomber to test it
before spending the money to send it on the mission was deemed
unnecessary or too expensive? Hindsight is truly 20/20.

Yes, hindsight is 20/20 when you're looking back observing 'the thing' that
went wrong.

Looking forward it's an infinite number of 'possibilities'.