For Jen and other pondering the necessity of sensors such as the malfunctioning fuel sensor currently plaguing STS-114… CNN has a good article about this one in particular, and the reason it must work correctly.
I *still* say this is a lesson; sensors fail and when they do, they cause pain. (Not to mention the pain in including them in the design, testing them, etc., in the first place.) A good design minimizes the number of sensors necessary to fly safely.
I *still* say this is a lesson; sensors fail and when they do, they cause pain. (Not to mention the pain in including them in the design, testing them, etc., in the first place.) A good design minimizes the number of sensors necessary to fly safely.