Dave Michelson wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:

Is a very brief portion of the total mission, not the total mission.
Without a SM, you'll never complete the mission and get to reenter.

Modular implies simple, clean interfaces, not self sufficiency.

Modular implies the ability to swap parts in and out at will. In this
instance, the modularity (as defined in the original post) does not
seem to match either this definition, or the spacecraft as designed.

A clean interface is desireable, but not a requirement.

A software analogy might be helpful here.

No more helpful than a veterinary analogy, or a home economics
analogy.

D.
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