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> Block 5 cores Why are rocket versions specified with the word "Block"? The Saturn launchers did the same thing, but it seems like a strange word to use.
by kens 9y ago
> Block 5 cores
Why are rocket versions specified with the word "Block"? The Saturn launchers did the same thing, but it seems like a strange word to use.
- joezydeco 9y agoIt's a term carried over from the military/aerospace field. https://www.f35.com/about/life-cycle/software https://www.f35.com/about/life-cycle/software
- perl4ever 9y agoI boggle a little at what I read there, such as "With Block 3i, 89 percent of code required for full warfighting capability is flying". That's 89%? Not 88% or 90%?
- joezydeco 9y agoYou can be sure the specs for something like the F35 run into the hundreds of thousands of pages. Tagging exactly 89% of the features as making that milestone is probably the easiest part of the work.