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I would like to read more about this. Is there a source or anything?
by read_if_gay_ 5y ago
I would like to read more about this. Is there a source or anything?
- lmilcin 5y agoSure. Not a source but still interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovD0aLdRUs0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovD0aLdRUs0 (Why Can't we Remake the Rocketdyne F1 Engine?) TLDR: everything was handcrafted, notes were not made or lost, people have retired or passed away and today's engineers don't know the tricks that the original engineers used. Effectively, existing blueprints are not enough to rebuild the engine.
- nradov 5y agoIt's sort of like how a new cook can follow a recipe from an expert chef but the final result won't taste as good. There's a lot of tacit knowledge assumed which can't necessarily be communicated in written form.