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>It seems much more likely that PR's advantage, if they have one, is in miniaturization technology Part of the miniaturization could be from not including mult
by learc83 14y ago
>It seems much more likely that PR's advantage, if they have one, is in miniaturization technology
Part of the miniaturization could be from not including multiple redundant, hardened systems.
If you have 3 smaller satellites that are 90% reliable (for a given time frame), that vastly trumps 1 larger satellite that is 99% reliable (assuming similar capabilities and overall weight).
- jessriedel 14y agoThe trade-off between weight and reliability through redundancy is well-known to the multi-billion dollar, half-century-old space industry. This is not some new advance or insight made by PR. The only interesting thing is if PR has developed some new piece of technology which, incidentally, shifts the optimal point along the redundancy-weight curve.