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Both answers are correct, but only one of the formulas is | 115 comments | Create New Account

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Both answers are correct, but only one of the formulas is

Authored by: Wol on Saturday, March 02 2013 @ 08:12 AM EST

Correct.

I'm not sure of the details, but it was something like the maths used to
determine the height at which to deploy the parachute was metric. The
engineering that deployed it was in yards.

So when the parachute deployed at a height of say 1000 yards, it should have
deployed 10% higher at 1000m. With the result that the lander landed rather
harder than planned ...

And these things are rather fragile.

Cheers,
Wol

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Rather fragile - ROFL - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, March 02 2013 @ 11:45 AM EST

Both answers are correct, but only one of the formulas is

Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, March 03 2013 @ 09:52 PM EST

I said it depended on the definition. My point was that merely
giving a calling form (or formula), without defining what it
was to do, could give you different results, and you could not
(from the given material) tell which was the correct or
incorrect. Kind of Schroedingerish....they are both correct
and incorrect until you give the defining details. I.e., more
than just the form.

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