[allmost]

I've used the term “junk” with regards to this thing many times in the past. The competing international contractors being my main reason. The reality of even the best design being subjected to this much nepotism and shear waste actually functioning seems far-fetched to me. I've got a few emails to send out. :)

[SunkenCiv]

My guess is, the machine is a turkey. My previous take on it remains, which is, there’s no way to reproduce the results of any experiment run on the thing, because there is no other machine that can do what this thing can (well, can’t) do. :’)