 | | Re: A question of remembrance... —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | (...) Jeremy... Clementine was a SINGLE spacecraft. No backup. Sure, there was QA performed on components on the ground to put only ones believed to work into it, but all the components worked (for that mission, which of course was to do mapping, (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: A question of remembrance... —Jeremy H. Sproat
| | | | | (...) Oops, I thought we were talking about the missile shield program, not one portion of it succeeding with 99% already-proven technology. Clementine was less about proving technology, and more about PR. Badly-needed PR, I might add, for an (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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