Re: Genesis g-switch installed upside down

From: Craig Fink (craig_at_WeBeGood.net)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:54:35 GMT

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:47:07 -0400, Jeff Findley wrote:

>
> "Jan Vorbrüggen" <jvorbrueggen-not@mediasec.de> wrote in message
> news:2ubjoqF284ei3U1@uni-berlin.de...
>> However, in the Genesis case, I consider the main failing the design of
> the
>> g-switches themselves: From an article I read (by Jim Oberg on MSNBC? I
>> forget) one needs to x-ray them to tell which way is up. Whoever designed
>> and built them that way should be put on Genesis's final trajectory with
>> a landing system as was operative on the actual mission.
>
> This is true. Parts who's orientation is critical should be designed so
> that they can only be installed in the correct orientation.
>

>From what I've read, it sounds like the switches were installed
correctly per the design and the design was incorrect. So, even though the
up and down could have been easily confused for the actual switchs, whoever
installed them did it correctly for all four switchs, as far as he was
concerned.

Craig Fink
Badnarik for President

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