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The C2 is the Toyota Camry of rowers. This seems to me to need an application of Rule 39 of Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design. 39. (alternate formulation) The
by CalChris 6y ago
The C2 is the Toyota Camry of rowers. This seems to me to need an application of Rule 39 of Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design.
39. (alternate formulation) The three keys to keeping a new human space program affordable and on schedule:
1) No new launch vehicles.
2) No new launch vehicles.
3) Whatever you do, don't develop any new launch vehicles.
https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html
- sincerely 6y agoThe same would supposedly apply to Peloton, and yet they're successful beyond belief...
- CalChris 6y agoIn a WeWork kind of way. They've raised $1B in funding. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/peloton-interactive/company_financials https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/peloton-interactive/... But they are profitable, something WeWork will never say. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/peloton-produces-profit-for-the-first-time-amid-pandemic-demand-spike-stock-heads-toward-new-high-11599768987 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/peloton-produces-profit-fo...