Should expensive sats be transported by truck across US?

On 1/18/2011 9:22 AM, Doug Freyburger wrote:


A college friend once rode as an escort for a part of the flight
hardware for a deep space shot. The hardware had a first class ticket
for the better padding. He had a coach ticket because as a human he'd
get over any problem. He couldn't convince the flight crew that the box
was the paying passenger and he was along for the ride. The box rode up
front in the coat closet and he got his first first class ride. It was
called International Solar Polar at the time so this is a long time ago.

Small hardware definitely flies.

They should build it like that block-of-iron Argon computer off of
Soyuz: http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/argon16.htm

Pat