Thought you find this of interest.
Note the design difficulties...just like our robots. ;
Thought you find this of interest.
Note the design difficulties...just like our robots. ;
There is an appropriate sf story - "Superiority" - by Arthur C Clarke - which should have been compulsory reading for NASA ...
Dave
Nothing like lowballing the initial cost estimates to guarantee selection. Pity Alan Stern is no longer there to hold the lowballer's feet to the fire...
Nothing like netwits sounding off on things they don't really know anything about.
... or that can't spell "nitwit" ! :-)
Standard practice in the industry.
TMT
you didn't catch the pun...
netwit =3D nitwit on the net
Rich
Which industry is that? This is a JPL project. They are trying to do something that has never been done before and guess what? It's difficult! A hell of a lot more difficult than putting your foot in your mouth on usenet, apparently.
How about spending all that money on digging a great big hole, we can all jump in it, and have some robots fill dirt back in over the top?
Rich
Interesting response...do you always insult strangers?
I do not dispute that it is difficult nor do I condemn anyone who tries and fails.
In your tagline you indicate that you are a software developer...I seem to recall reading that 3 out of 4 software projects fail...usually from underfunding and poor communications.
I suspect the real problem is that under this Adminstration NASA has been starved for funding. Trying to accomplish The Impossible while you are being choked to death is difficult for anyone.
TMT
And for it being a "JPL" project...well JPL subcontracts out much of their work.
We have...it is called the Iraq War.
TMT
something that has never been done before and guess what?
mouth on usenet, apparently.
Damn. Got anything nice to say? I'm guessing that you're bitter about not working at NASA anymore? Is the attitude a free add-on to your software or do you charge for it ?
Couldn't resist ...
And you just reinforced everything I said. No more flamein' ...
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