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I have to take issue with your example. I don't buy into the Musk hype and I even have a big short position in Tesla, but that landing was one of the coolest te
by akvadrako 9y ago
I have to take issue with your example. I don't buy into the Musk hype and I even have a big short position in Tesla, but that landing was one of the coolest tech demos I've seen.
Do you have examples of equally sci-fi looking control systems?
- bildung 9y agoHow about the vertical landings that happened in the early '90s?
- HeyLaughingBoy 9y agoHis point was that control theory is a mature field and that we field very sophisticated control systems in daily life that may be far beyond what's needed to land a rocket vertically. However, the vast majority of those systems are embedded in industrial machinery that doesn't seem particularly exciting from the outside. Engineering students build inverted pendulum control systems all the time for fun and for class projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWJHcI7UcuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWJHcI7UcuE If it helps, bear in mind that John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace was landing rockets vertically about 17 years ago. And that was a garage operation of about 5 people.
- akvadrako 9y agoI get the point but presentation is just as important as technical details. You have to show the people.