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My uncle, being in Mitsubishi car manufacturing, he is specifically responsible for sheet metal and paneling. Heard him mentioned ways for non-destructive damag
by juiyout 9y ago
My uncle, being in Mitsubishi car manufacturing, he is specifically responsible for sheet metal and paneling. Heard him mentioned ways for non-destructive damage detection, with Ultrasound, X-ray, and good'ol knock-and-listen being the prominent choices, I am quite surprised to hear Tesla needing to call in rocket scientists.
I guess it must've be that specific context that prevented them seeing the solution.
- aedron 9y agoIt's marketing. "Tesla, made by rocket scientists" is the message they want to implant. Musk does a lot of that kind of thing, like the mock 3D gesture controlled CAD rig [1], or the Jetsons manned rocket [2]. It's smart and good salesmanship: Figure out the coolest announcement you could make, then work backwards from there and make it happen. [1]: https://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/this-is-how-elon-musk-designs-rocket-in-immersive-3d-virtual-reality/ https://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/this-is-how-elon-musk-des... [2]: https://www.engadget.com/2015/09/11/spacex-crew-dragon-first-look/#/ https://www.engadget.com/2015/09/11/spacex-crew-dragon-first...
- juiyout 9y agoI understand the line of reasoning you presented. It reminds me of Stephen Covey's 2nd habit: begin with the end in mind. Now to me personally this incident docked some points off of Tesla. I guess it is not the end they meant to justify.