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Craig Sawyers · 11th May 2019, 7:55 pm

I've been involved in space instrumentation, and although most of the team were indeed seasoned to some extent, they were in general (and by old codger standards, ie like me) pretty youthful. And lived and died high reliability. No repair is possible once the blue touchpaper is lit.

The instrument I was Project Manager for (the Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer, MIXS) was one of ten instruments on board this (launched on October 20th) https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Vi..._launch_replay

Fast forward to about minute 34 to see the beast go. Or the short video of the launch https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Vi...olombo_liftoff

A bit off topic, and many orders of magnitude more expensive than domestic audio, but repair was designed out for sure, and tested out on the ground in a major programme.

Craig

11th May 2019, 7:55 pm	#924
Craig Sawyers Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 4,984	Re: The Audiophoolery Thread. I've been involved in space instrumentation, and although most of the team were indeed seasoned to some extent, they were in general (and by old codger standards, ie like me) pretty youthful. And lived and died high reliability. No repair is possible once the blue touchpaper is lit. The instrument I was Project Manager for (the Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer, MIXS) was one of ten instruments on board this (launched on October 20th) https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Vi..._launch_replay Fast forward to about minute 34 to see the beast go. Or the short video of the launch https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Vi...olombo_liftoff A bit off topic, and many orders of magnitude more expensive than domestic audio, but repair was designed out for sure, and tested out on the ground in a major programme. Craig Last edited by Craig Sawyers; 11th May 2019 at 8:02 pm.