On 13 Jun 2003 22:29:14 -0700, Rick Eversole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And look at SORAC's record #10 flys this fall. Highest altitude about 4 >miles. A whole lot of crashes. >Why is ERPS so lucky (or ultra conservative) ? Incremental testing. ERPS tries to make sure every system has been tested several times before they drive 300+ miles to launch a $5000 rocket. It is conservative; very much so for an amateur group. Conservatism pays off in reusable hardware. -R -- "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." -- Robert Wilensky, UC Berkeley _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
