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If I remember correctly Elon Musk actually said "We had no idea what we were doing" while talking about development of the first Dragon cargo capsule, so I gues
by _Microft 5y ago
If I remember correctly Elon Musk actually said "We had no idea what we were doing" while talking about development of the first Dragon cargo capsule, so I guess he would be the first to admit that. That doesn't mean that they are not even going to try. You see that happening over at SpaceX with Starship development right now: start by trying a best guess ("Starhopper" was like a water tower with massive legs and an engine) and then build, test, improve, fail occassionally,...
- grecy 5y agoNobody knows for sure if Hyperloop, Self driving Teslas, Neuralink, Starship, Cybertruck, Starlink, etc. are going to work out. But we know with 100% certainty we'll never find out unless we try.
- the8472 5y agoStarhopper wasn't even the first design, before that they tried composites and had to scrap that. It really is trial and error.