Royal Pain

[James Knott]

Robert Brockway wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Henry Spencer wrote:

>>The issue with that, and some other past spacecraft problems, is that the
>>environment is complex and it's a judgement call as to where testing
> 
> 
> There is no doubt it is complex, but I keep considering how the engineers
> of the 60s and 70s did so much more with so much less.  Pioneer 10 never
> filed a filesystem :)

The earlier probes were far simpler and more brute force.
> 
> Part of the problem, IMHO, are the serious funding cuts NASA has suffered
> since the 80s.  The problem is lost probes cost a lot for no return.
> There have been quite a few in the last decade - and not just those
> launched by the Americans.


There were lots of failures in the early days too.  Space is a very 
harsh environment.
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