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The crash is valuable by itself. Examining the wreckage will tell SpaceX lots about structural defects/overbuilt areas. Edit: SpaceX has invented a vastly bet
by tuatoru 6y ago
The crash is valuable by itself.
Examining the wreckage will tell SpaceX lots about structural defects/overbuilt areas.
Edit: SpaceX has invented a vastly better process for innovation. That's what should be scaring the others.
- texasbigdata 6y agoWhat is that? Iteration?
- tnli 6y agoFast iteration. Not aware of anyone else doing that with 50m tall 9m wide rockets.
- kitsunesoba 6y agoFurthermore, fast iteration that isn't averse to failure. While they do what they can to make each test a success, they don't let it turn into a black hole of time, money, and manpower. They're willing to say, "yeah, that's good enough", test, and make the most of every aspect of the test. Where a more traditional aerospace company would go out of their way to avoid failures at any step, SpaceX embraces them so long as nobody is endangered in the process.