You’re telling me that we possess the unparalleled genius to launch thousands of complex, multi-million-dollar supercomputers into the dark void of space... but our current backup plan for when one breaks down is basically the equivalent of leaving a '98 Civic with its hazard lights on in the middle lane of the I-5?
We just need to launch a guy in a beat-up orbital tugboat with a flashing yellow light on top.
"Yeah, buddy, looks like your solar array is shot and your alternator is toast. I can tow you down to the atmospheric incinerator, but you're out of network so it's gonna be a $4 billion out-of-pocket co-pay."
You’re telling me that we possess the unparalleled genius to launch thousands of complex, multi-million-dollar supercomputers into the dark void of space... but our current backup plan for when one breaks down is basically the equivalent of leaving a '98 Civic with its hazard lights on in the middle lane of the I-5?
We just need to launch a guy in a beat-up orbital tugboat with a flashing yellow light on top.
"Yeah, buddy, looks like your solar array is shot and your alternator is toast. I can tow you down to the atmospheric incinerator, but you're out of network so it's gonna be a $4 billion out-of-pocket co-pay."
ok, now this sent me in another direction.
Average age before obsolescence - 5 years.
Average computing power of a LEO satellite - Pentium II