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Saw this linked online, a twelve year old forum post about knots used by NASA and it caught my imagination
Topic: Knots on Mars! (and a few thoughts on NASA's knots) (Read 185243 times)
Image of the Curiosity rover:
from thread author dfred:
"While a few of the folks here are no doubt aware, it might surprise most people to learn that knots tied in cords and thin ribbons have probably traveled on every interplanetary mission ever flown. If human civilization ends tomorrow, interplanetary landers, orbiters, and deep space probes will preserve evidence of both the oldest and newest of human technologies for millions of years.."
updated link to the NASA standard (the link in the old post is deprecated)
NASA Technical Standard NASA-STD-8739.4 -- Crimping, Interconnecting Cables, Harnesses, and Wiring
Topic: Knots on Mars! (and a few thoughts on NASA's knots) (Read 185243 times)
Image of the Curiosity rover:
from thread author dfred:
"While a few of the folks here are no doubt aware, it might surprise most people to learn that knots tied in cords and thin ribbons have probably traveled on every interplanetary mission ever flown. If human civilization ends tomorrow, interplanetary landers, orbiters, and deep space probes will preserve evidence of both the oldest and newest of human technologies for millions of years.."
updated link to the NASA standard (the link in the old post is deprecated)
NASA Technical Standard NASA-STD-8739.4 -- Crimping, Interconnecting Cables, Harnesses, and Wiring
