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If I see the "300 points of failure" mention one more time without them providing a list of these said 300 points of failure, I'm going to go insane
by 7373737373 5y ago
If I see the "300 points of failure" mention one more time without them providing a list of these said 300 points of failure, I'm going to go insane
- kayodelycaon 5y agoYou might like this instead: https://youtu.be/uUAvXYW5bmI https://youtu.be/uUAvXYW5bmI
- _Microft 5y agoDo not get too excited for such a list though because I think around 180 of them were just bolts, locks or actuators securing the movable parts of the primary mirror.
- guenthert 5y agoJust? It's my understanding that each of those could have failed to deploy and if any of those would have, it were the end of the JWST. No way to repair or salvage. No 30% mission targets achieved or "underperforming" (as e.g. Hubble before the mirror correction, i.e. with approximated correction done in software on the ground). Nothing of value, just a flying, very expensive, brick.
- dev_tty01 5y agoYou might find this interesting: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/44093/details-on-the-single-points-of-failure-in-the-jwst https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/44093/details-on-t... The discussion includes links to several relevant GAO reports. I agree that it would be interesting to see a single detailed list. That is not in these reports. https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-20-224.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-20-224.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-16-112.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-16-112.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-16-112.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-16-112.pdf
- dmead 5y agoSometimes, the art world has articles about paintings... Without a picture of the painting.