On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Paul Gilmartin
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
> -- gil

Alaska Airlines did.  Cut lubrication schedule, cancelled replacement
of worn out parts.  Until
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261

-- 
Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

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