On 2016-11-23, at 10:33, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > When I get flak about the churn of staying current with maintenance, I climb > my soapbox. Look, I say, I've calculated that on balance it's cheaper to > drive your car as long as it runs rather than take in for periodic > maintenance, which is both time consuming and out-of-pocket costly. Most > likely it will fail somewhere down the road ;-) but getting it fixed then > will be cheaper and quicker overall. > > Well, I say, if you wouldn't think of managing your car that way, why would > you think it makes sense for a computer system? > A fortiori, don't apply that reasoning to spacecraft. Perhaps not even to airliners.
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