At 11:43 PM 10/14/01 -0400, you wrote:
On Monday, October 15, 2001 9:25 PM, Carlos Murillo
wrote:
Rocket science is in the rocket engine.
Navigation is
not that hard, comparatively...
When all you have to navigate with is a computer that takes
a full (milli)second to multiply and a telescope that could probably
only sense the horizon it gets a bit harder..
Jim
Agreed. But at this point in time, navigation algorithms that
are sufficiently precise can be developed/recreated by (almost)
anyone with a phd in control theory. Rocket engine science is
lots harder, because it is still a (largely) experimental affair.
carlos.
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