Re: what is understanding? (Mars?)

[Gary Karshner <karshner@stmarytx.edu>]

At 01:40 PM 7/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
> Two days before the Mars landing I heard (from the designer of the
> spectrometer at ASU) that a DEFINITION of success was established by
> NASA. The mission would be successful if three tasks are accomplished:
> landing, descending the wehicule and taking one picture of the surface.
> Everything else would be a grave, they said.

Ludwik,
        I had heard things at NASA were getting tight, but the grave for
anything else sound a little harsh even for the government. Did you mean
Gravy?
Gary Karshner

St. Mary's University
San Antonio, Texas
KARSHNER@STMARYTX.EDU