Did Goodnight Oppy Make You Cry?
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I had to google what "Goodnight Oppy" was. After googling, I am somewhat confused, as it is a "documentary" about a bit of defunct NASA equipment, how would that make a person cry?
It is notable though as the only piece of government hardware ever made that worked better than expected.
It is notable though as the only piece of government hardware ever made that worked better than expected.
It has nothing to do with my arse that was a typo.
Mainly the emotions involved.
Was Oppy alive? Well, all the people who poured their sweat and tears into it were, working to achieve something that seemed impossible not that long ago. Speaks to me about how inanimate objects hold this energy of interconnectedness.
Understandable, just the thought of human made objects that far out is a staggering thought. Voyager I and II in the same vein for me, Voyager - Mission Status - https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/.
NASA has had a number of missions that went better than expected.
people can bond with objects especially if there is any reason to personify them. No weirder then crying at a movie. When you know they're actors playing pretend and not really dying or anything like that. But you still react emotionally like it's a real thing that is actually happening even though you know what acting and movies are. Cartoons can do that to us. Bomb squads can be traumatized by their robots getting blowed up.
Emotional for an object? Nope.
Example. I owned a Sony camera for five years. Had it repaired three times. It broke a fourth time and I deemed it unreliable. Tossed it in the bin and bought an Olympus Tough.
Yes, it’s a camera, but think about this.
I work roughly 150 fire scene a year. Each fire scene roughly comprises of 300-400 pictures. Let’s call it 350 average.
That means I took approximately 5 x 350 x 150 = 262,500 pictures during the life of the came.
I touched that camera a lot and I didn’t give two thoughts when it became unreliable. Not one passing emotion.
I could not imagine myself standing amongst the rubble of a double fatal and weeping for a broken object.
Example. I owned a Sony camera for five years. Had it repaired three times. It broke a fourth time and I deemed it unreliable. Tossed it in the bin and bought an Olympus Tough.
Yes, it’s a camera, but think about this.
I work roughly 150 fire scene a year. Each fire scene roughly comprises of 300-400 pictures. Let’s call it 350 average.
That means I took approximately 5 x 350 x 150 = 262,500 pictures during the life of the came.
I touched that camera a lot and I didn’t give two thoughts when it became unreliable. Not one passing emotion.
I could not imagine myself standing amongst the rubble of a double fatal and weeping for a broken object.
I bet you'd weep a bit if you smashed one of your 100+ year old pipes..............
Nope. Not at all.
Hey, I might be a sociopath.
Or I’ve seen enough death and destruction to only worry about the here and now.
Either way.
Yea, these people who like to piss on NASA are likely unable to even figure out how to calibrate a tricorder.
Roughly 60% of all Mars missions fail before either getting to Mars or completing their objectives once on the surface.
Oppy was designed to last 90 sols (one sol = one Mars day).
It ended up surviving and providing fantastic science for 5111 sols. Mostly through the ingenuity of very bright people at NASA.
That’s pretty cool.
Oppy was designed to last 90 sols (one sol = one Mars day).
It ended up surviving and providing fantastic science for 5111 sols. Mostly through the ingenuity of very bright people at NASA.
That’s pretty cool.
Yes, I think the engineering involved for the two rovers to land safely was an astounding achievement in itself.
The creativity of the teams was fun to watch.
Like ensuring the rover was parked on a hill slope angle during the winter months to get the maximum solar charge.
Or using dust storms as a high speed ‘tool’ to blow the solar panels clean.
Or the simple solutions, like when one of the front wheels was broken to just have the rover go backwards.
People are always more clever than we give them credit for
If you would upgrade to a TR-560 (Mk.VI) or a TR-580 (Mk.VII) you wouldn't need to worry about calibration as often. Not too expensive, it's the data plan that'll cost you.