Gday Gary
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The bottom line is that there is more than one way to skin a cat.
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Fully agree.
My only contention has been with the "no electronics" bit.
I marvel at the range of mechanical inventions over time, but have a hard time imagining how they would work in a probe being sent to venus etc :-)
Babbage had the mechanical calculator, and the recent exploration of the antikythera capabilities show how advanced people were, but they all still required humans to drive them and analyse the results.
When it comes to remotely getting and sending data from a myriad of sensors i dont see it happening without some form of electronics, and if that exists, then i again cant see why std comms wouldnt be the result.
( But then again, i find it hard to keep up with all the advances being made in engineering, mechanical sciences, electronics etc )
Again, all fascinating stuff
Andrew