\n"; echo "

N.A.S.A. is full of smart people right? Actually, don't answer that. Let's try again.

\n"; echo "

N.A.S.A. is full of theoretical deisgn genius' right?

\n"; echo "

That's better.
Answer: Definitely. Anyways, they have spent time and money on redundancy (tee hee hee) and here are the results:

\n"; echo "

Levels of Redundancy

\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "

Name	# of Back-Ups	NASA's opinion	Related to Climbing
No Redundancy\n"; echo "	0	Non-critical systems. Oh my God! The strap on my sleeping blinders broke.	Clothing, rain gear, food, sunscreen, 12kN biners, wiregates
Redundant\n"; echo "	1	Non-critical, but still important systems. Sh!t! I spilled my juice, oh well I'll grab another.	Locking biners, double back on harness, 24kN biners, 2 anchor bolts, rapping on 2 ropes
Double Redundancy\n"; echo "	2	Critical systems. Drat, there goes the the radio.	Cross gating locking biners, 3 ice screw anchors, having someone at the bottom of the rap ropes to \"fireman\" you
Triple Redundancy\n"; echo "	3	Life Critical systems. Hmmm, we seems to have run out of Oxygen.	Rapping on 2 ropes with a prussik and being \"firemaned\"

\n"; echo "\n"; echo "

\n"; echo "

The Mandatory Exception to the Rule

\n"; echo "

N.A.S.A. also states that putting in more redundancy than nessessary is actually counter productive. This is because things start becoming seriously complex and steps are missed/ignored. The most common example of skipping a redundant system is tying a prussik around the rope when rappelling. Or could you imagine trying to untangle a 4 point anchor?

\n"; echo "

I hope that helps, cheers!

\n"; include_once("./files/close.php"); ?>