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If you absolutely want a 99+% chance it would last the first 90 days, then really the chances are that's it's going to last a lot longer. I actually don't think it's a typical quality tradeoff. Because you have to meet a high initial reliability, you end up with higher probability of hitting a endurance beyond your minimal requirement for the device.

I'm also guessing w.r.t the structures, you'll have to build to withstand a worst case environment during the launch and landing. Once you've survived those you're "overbuilt" with respect to rolling around the surface, but the strength was needed to survive getting there.




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