Can that do that without doing irreparable damage to the environment and upper atmosphere? Because a habitable planet for kiddos is my priority, not rocket go burrrrrrrr
Yup, software iterations really only cost time. SpaceX iterations cost their time...and FAA time...and tens of millions of $$$ in destruction of parts/materials being spread all over the ocean.
yeah i meant like if you're iterating a software product to get information about product-market fit or whatever, it's probably (though not always) the most expensive way to get that information
likewise i'm sure there are cheaper ways spacex could get information than blowing up an entire rocket
The base of the iterative approach is software development isn't testing product-market fit after release it's letting the compiler find errors & seeing how it works at runtime instead of proof-reading the code. Which was a revelation in the 90s or whenever but they've been pushing their luck lately
i understand what you're saying but i've literally never in two decades seen the concept used that way. only at the level of the artifact. i would call what you described "interactive programming", or "using a repl"
Yep, in a case like today (and the previous launch), that's 39 lost engines x2, which buys a LOT of engine tests to make sure they have all their pressure/leak issues sorted out on the ground.
I had someone tell me exactly that. I said "They sent 7 starships to the Indian Ocean" And how many iterations did the Saturn V go through before it made it to the moon? Time to take Musk to the cleaners.
She’s as much as a lunatic as he his. Watch her interview talking about Starship for international travel (also “absolutely happening this decade”) https://youtu.be/02pFTSMbevY?si=mvw6H_tmbitK8qAR
A vendor told me that they were selling a product to SpaceX and the number of times the vendor had to correct the math, because the engineer took "Elon says this random bs works!" To be told "Elon will love learning this!" Made it sound like a cult.
So many things to learn!
1. How to blow up a rocket.
2. How expensive a rocket is.
3. How much damage an exploding rocket can do to the environment it falls on.
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It's crazy seeing their whole command center cheering after every rocket inevitably explodes. Ummm.. we did this successfully in 1967. We're truly living through history's biggest gullibility test.
Bro you just don’t understand bro it’s actually in the launch plan bro so there’s actually a plan for when it blows up bro it even exploded in a cool as way too bro hahah
There was what, one significant rocket accident with the entire Apollo program? They were using slide rules 60 years ago and had a significantly better track record testing rockets.
I don't know if by that you mean Apollo 1 (because deaths) or 13 (because they actually launched i.e. the "rocket" part was involved) but I'd count both.
We need less idiotic rules and regulations. We need to be able to build nuclear power plants like Elon builds space ships so we can learn from the explosions.
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likewise i'm sure there are cheaper ways spacex could get information than blowing up an entire rocket
And then, far out there but not so far as to make orbit, is what they think they're doing with Starship
A vendor told me that they were selling a product to SpaceX and the number of times the vendor had to correct the math, because the engineer took "Elon says this random bs works!" To be told "Elon will love learning this!" Made it sound like a cult.
1. How to blow up a rocket.
2. How expensive a rocket is.
3. How much damage an exploding rocket can do to the environment it falls on.
Science!!
& making sure we don't either
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