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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f039470e8f537101 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-22 02:45:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: "Bobby D. Bryant" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:38:32 -0600 Organization: dis- Message-ID: References: <1058799152.775376@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1058810510.375902@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1058813341.841940@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F1CAB38.1040300@attbi.com> <3f1cfe48.4262258@news.btclick.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-104-10.ots.utexas.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: geraldo.cc.utexas.edu 1058866757 6395 128.83.176.106 (22 Jul 2003 09:39:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@utexas.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:39:17 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.14.0 (I'm Being Nibbled to Death by Cats!) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40624 Date: 2003-07-22T03:38:32-06:00 List-Id: On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:05:22 +0000, John McCabe wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:11:10 GMT, "Robert I. Eachus" > wrote: > >>Vinzent Hoefler wrote: >> >>> Ok, so change the entire brake controller. ;-) What reason makes you >>> think, it will work? >> >> A better example would be to take a brake system from a car and put it >> into a truck. But the box for the brake system was labeled "for MVW up >> to 5,000 pounds," and it is a 2 1/2 ton truck. > > Or take the braking system for a Citroen 2CV and put it in a Ferrari > and see how safe it is there. Or take a controller from a medium-sized rocket and put it in a big rocket... -- Bobby Bryant Austin, Texas