Re: Here We Go Again!

Eric Chomko <pne.chomko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On Jun 7, 9:34 am, simberg.interglo...@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:
:>
:> All that's happening is that the Air Force isn't waiting for NASA to
:> push reusable technologies, because NASA has gotten itself out of the
:> technology business.
:>
:
:Out of the technology business? What do you call pioneering the use of
:IEEE 1394 (aka firewire) as a prototype on the NPP project in a means
:to replace IEEE 1553 (Mil-STD, which is now several decades old.
:

IEEE-1394a is a good decade old by now. Firewire (prior to IEEE
standardization) predates that by a good decade. So Firewire is now
several decades old...

Oh, and 1553 is an SAE standard (plus MIL-STD, of course), not IEEE.

Oh, and 1394 isn't just an IEEE standard. It's ALSO a MIL-STD.

:
:Once 1394 does replace 1553 I am certain that the Air Force will
:follow the NASA lead on that technology update and apply it to their
:systems as well.
:

They're ahead of you. Which brings us back to Rand's original
question. The fact that you think using 1394 is 'innovative' merely
shows how insular and ingrown NASA has become.


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man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
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