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Why not just every space mission, period?
by Dig1t 4y ago
Why not just every space mission, period?
- vorpalhex 4y agoWell the robots don't read too well..
- Rebelgecko 4y agoHow much would the science capabilities of a telescope like JWST be reduced if 1/3 of its SSD was repurposed for storing the latest wikipedia dump (that 1/3 number is assuming it's only English, compressed, and without images)? To me that seems like an easy cost/benefit analysis.
- autoexec 4y agoHow much would the science capabilities of a telescope like JWST be reduced if we left its SSD alone and just taped a USB drive to the side of it somewhere that contained wikipieda?
- Rebelgecko 4y agoWould duct tape pass the pre-launch vibe check? You'd have to do some engineering work to make sure it's sturdy, doesn't have any impact wrt oscillations, won't create FOD (debris) etc. Once you've done all that work, I'm not sure what you've actually accomplished. By the time any sentient being gets around to visiting JWST, I wouldn't be surprised if an unshielded commercial drive would be rendered totally unusable by radiation.