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Doesn't Elon Musk refer to it as a RUD - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly - event whenever a launch vehicle opts out of existence? I love these euphemisms.
by lb1lf 9y ago
Doesn't Elon Musk refer to it as a RUD - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly - event whenever a launch vehicle opts out of existence?
I love these euphemisms.
- jballanc 9y agoNot just Elon Musk, that's a fairly common "euphemism" in the world of rocketry.
- lb1lf 9y agoIn my line of work - subsea handling equipment - the going phrase when things go really, really bad appears to be "EEE - Entropy-Enhancing Event" Looks much better in the post mortem reports than the equivalent "Sh-t just blew up on us!!!"