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Article #8081Re: 95% vs. 99.9% reliability
From: Rob Horn
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1988 20:42
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1988 20:42
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In article <1231@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >The problem, as Feynman pointed out, is how do you quanitify this? >I can easily say 99.9 or 95 percent based on some metric, but which. Well, the current launch-to-correct-orbit reliability for Delta-class expendibles is 95%. A fairly generous metric, and one that I sure wouldn't want to ride in. -- Rob Horn UUCP: ...harvard!adelie!infinet!rhorn ...ulowell!infinet!rhorn, ..decvax!infinet!rhorn Snail: Infinet, 40 High St., North Andover, MA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!adelie!infinet!rhorn From: rhorn@infinet.UUCP (Rob Horn) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: 95% vs. 99.9% reliability Message-ID: <1181@infinet.UUCP> Date: 8 Aug 88 20:42:31 GMT References: <3763@teklds.TEK.COM> <2087@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> <3659@drivax.UUCP> <1231@eos.UUCP> Reply-To: rhorn@infinet.UUCP (Rob Horn) Organization: Infinet, Inc. North Andover, MA Lines: 12