I think the purpose was less a joke and more along the lines of an extended metaphor. I agree that it is very interesting. I was hoping for somebody to make just the comment you did. Thanks.

But the question was meant to really spawn a general discussion around software release in general in a deep space environment. So anybody know how the next upgrade would take place, assuming Curiosity needs one? Would it be staged on the Mars Orbiter first? Relayed a frame at a time? Do the concepts of CI apply in deep space deployments? Why or why not?