From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,5da92b52f6784b63 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "John L. Ahrens" Subject: Re: Please do not start a language war (was Re: Papers on the Ariane-5 crash and Design by Contract Date: 1997/03/20 Message-ID: <333150D1.4EBB@boeing.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 227172965 Sender: nntp@news.boeing.com (Boeing NNTP News Access) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 136.240.44.15 References: <332B5495.167EB0E7@eiffel.com> <5giu3p$beb$1@news.irisa.fr> <332ED8AB.21E7@lmtas.lmco.com> <199703190839.JAA02652@stormbringer.irisa.fr> <33302A36.7434@lmtas.lmco.com> <5gq97v$iks@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> Organization: Test Systems R & D Reply-To: john@misfit.ca.boeing.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert S. White wrote: [snip] > upon rocket release. Still don't understand why alignment was deliberatly > continued for the early part of the flight. Once you are moving. stop > aligning, simple as that. I believe that the 40 alignment was to allow for holds of up to 30 sec after alignment started (at something like T-8 sec) on the Ariane 4. This requirement didn't exist on the Ariane 5. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- John L. Ahrens 206 237-0132 | Everyone should be quick to read, john@misfit.ca.boeing.com 94-26 | slow to hit 'Reply' I don't speak for my employer | and slow to flame. | James 1:19 (internet version) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------