In a message dated 5/16/2005 9:33:35 P.M. Central Standard Time,
tspear@tangiblesoftware.com writes:
Working
in the computer field I was wondering why so much time in the aircraft
industry is concerned with minimizing the mean time between failure (MTBF) on
a single component.
Because having two of everything makes the damn thing so heavy it usually
won't get off the ground. You must have been asleep during the lecture about
lift thrust drag and weight. ;)