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That extreme suspension vehicle looks like something out of Batman. Bet it's a hoot to drive. I thought it was interesting that while they're doing a ton of re
by DanielBMarkham 8y ago
That extreme suspension vehicle looks like something out of Batman. Bet it's a hoot to drive.
I thought it was interesting that while they're doing a ton of research, it's all one-off stuff. In other words, they could have required all of the experiments to ter with one another using some standard framework. Then they could mix-and-match various experiments to see how well they work with one another. Instead, it looks like they're evaluating each one separately -- with some huge integration nightmare up head if any of them ever make it into the field. I wonder why they do it that way.
- solidr53 8y agoIm not sure that RD works that way. Innovate, time and compatibility, pick two.
- DanielBMarkham 8y agoI don't know. I know that some mention was made of the pieces fitting already-existing army wheel specs. So obviously for some groups integration was a consideration. And it's a mistake to think in all-or-nothing thinking here. I didn't say you needed to design a rock-solid integration system, only that it looked like integration was a minimal concern -- and that was an interesting choice. I come from the tech community. The longer we put off integration, the more expensive things become.
- dannypgh 8y agoPutting off integration is cheaper when it's not yet clear what you need to integrate with. Or to frame it differently: having requirements of "be everything for everyone" is a surefire way to fail.
- hedvig 8y agoThis sub-thread reminds me of the monolith vs microservices kernel discussion I see a lot here. Doesn't Linux benefit from specialized pieces being piped together at will?
- DanielBMarkham 8y agoYep. It's a spectrum and a scale. On various scales you want to apply various paradigms. It's not a yes/no thing. We know for a fact that no matter what they pentagon does with wheels, they need to fit on a body and cost less than a million bucks or so. Even giving the R&D teams wide latitude for they're playing around in, we can start setting some reasonable guardrails up.