re command loss timer re galileo update having read in the past about the fail safe mechanisms on spacecraft i had assumed that the command loss timer had that sort of function however i always find disturbing the oxymoron of a no op command that does something if the command changes the behavior or status of the spacecraft it is not a no op command of course this terminology comes from a jet propulsion laboratory which has nothing to do with jet propulsion jim cobban jcobban bnr ca phone bnr ltd bnrgate bnr ca bcars jcobban fax
