News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on ‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to sign off. Parent comment

Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by Mistletoe on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:47AM (#34082171)
That’s the most bizarre math I’ve ever seen. Once you’ve designed something once it’s a lot faster to design over and over.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by Communitivity on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:51PM (#34084725)
Each one of those bullets is a different engineering problem. The math is based on real government R&D I've seen.

"Once you’ve designed something once it’s a lot faster to design over and over".

You forgot the last part of that sentence: Once you’ve designed something once it’s a lot faster to design over and over, if you are in a similar environment with somewhat similar conditions.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:‘My power’s low’: NASA’s Insight Mars lander prepares to ... by chasd00 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @02:29PM (#34085260)
> government R&D I've seen

oh, now i understand the math

[ Parent | on HN ]