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Tom Brosz — 1/6/2005 10:28:04 PM (archived)

"Missing" parts float out, get into things, and can cause all kinds of havoc. NASA is pretty careful about this, but even so, when the Shuttle payload bay doors open, it's not uncommon for a few odds and ends to come drifting out.

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Odds on Huygens success? I say 50/50 - Buck Galaxy - 1/5/2005 6:10:33 AM
- re: Odds on Huygens success? I say 50/50 - Doug Ellison - 1/5/2005 9:02:33 AM
  - Of course... - FrankC - 1/7/2005 5:49:45 PM
    - re: Of course... - Doug Ellison - 1/7/2005 11:13:19 PM
      - no impact craters means increased chance of life? - pwokenyaw - 1/7/2005 11:58:42 PM
- Unknowns versus Unknown-unknowns - Gary - 1/5/2005 6:46:02 AM
  - Designing things so they can only be installed correctly... - Larry J - 1/5/2005 2:35:39 PM
    - Computer connectors and universal perversity - Gary - 1/5/2005 4:39:52 PM
      - Lost Parts - Nick Hoffman - 1/5/2005 9:59:05 PM
        
        Why would you bother about the missing part? - LJ - 1/6/2005 5:26:14 PM
        
        That's just in cars. In space systems... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2005 10:28:04 PM
      - universal perversity - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2005 8:12:39 PM
      - lost items, parallel universes, and Douglas Adams - Daniel - 1/5/2005 5:11:02 PM
    - re: Designing things so they can only be installed correctly... - phil - 1/5/2005 4:33:13 PM
  - agreed - Buck Galaxy - 1/5/2005 8:19:33 AM
    - re: agreed - Marcia - 1/5/2005 8:18:28 PM
- re: Anthropocentrism and cold - Raoul - 1/5/2005 6:35:17 AM

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