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>so they basically had ONE CHANCE to get it right; no room for trial-and-error. That isn't necessarily so, but it is definitely prudent to optimize the use of
by fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
>so they basically had ONE CHANCE to get it right; no room for trial-and-error.
That isn't necessarily so, but it is definitely prudent to optimize the use of their limited supplies. To be fair, I agree it's better that they had more people looking at the problem, and I agree that it was the right thing way to do it; but it isn't as though astronauts are chimps, or even that mere mortals are always unable to improvise non-standard solutions.