I agree Jed, way too many possible things to go wrong. If this works as expected I will be quite impressed with the design team.
Now, according to the quantum cat analogy, is the rover dead before we can measure it since it takes so long for us to receive that measurement? Perhaps it is in a state of junk and safely landed at the same time until we get the status. I guess another way to look at this situation is to allow the entropy to increase for the rover system. In this case there are many ways for it to be destroyed but only a few where it survives and functions. This process would assume that things do not turn out very well for the mission. Excuse my poor sense of humor, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 8:31 pm Subject: [Vo]:"Curiosity" Rube Goldberg machine on Mars See: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html If this works it will be a miracle. Or at least, it will prove that robotics are more advanced that I imagined. - Jed
