[AR] Re: clusters and reliability (was Re: Re: 3 no 4 no 5 legs.)

  • From: Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:14:53 -0800

The SATP also says that New Shepard didn't do a "reentry" until yesterday. The one in November was just an entry.

On 2016-01-23 13:02, Ben Brockert wrote:

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When the Galileo Probe went into Jupiter, it had two G-switches to sense
reentry, one for 10G and one for 100G (that was a *harsh* reentry)

The Society of Aerospace Terminology Pedants argue that it wasn't a *re*entry.

They also have harsh words for people who use the term "oxidizer rich".

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