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As I've said before I love this project. The engineering is top notch and they are just knocking down the unknowns one after another. It is for me a wonderful
by ChuckMcM 5y ago
As I've said before I love this project. The engineering is top notch and they are just knocking down the unknowns one after another.
It is for me a wonderful example of how a large engineering project to build a new thing should be approached. Lay out all of the questions that are currently unanswered for which the answer will affect the next step. Then start building with the goal of answering the questions in dependency order so that the next question/build can incorporate your new understanding given the answer to the previous question. Iterate until you've answered all the engineering questions and you're sitting there looking at a fully functional device that does this new thing.
- shakezula 5y agoProjects like this make me respect institutional knowledge so much. I can't even imagine having to start from scratch with something like this, and these projects have decades of it under their belt. It's such an important part of our knowledge as humans.
- throwaway4220 5y agoGene Kranz book could be up your alley. Not too technical though but I am going through it now and it’s really exciting to go through NASA’s incremental steps to the moon