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If you can produce them cheaply but not test them cheaply, the solution is really simple, just don't test them. Send them to space, see what happens. It's not
by gpm 5y ago
If you can produce them cheaply but not test them cheaply, the solution is really simple, just don't test them. Send them to space, see what happens.
It's not like space telescopes need any of the valuable orbit space, and even if they did it's easy to put thrusters on board that can de-orbit them or move them to a graveyard orbit (depending on their operational orbit) in the case of failure.
- stopping 5y agoI addressed this in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28452001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28452001 To summarize, you have to have the ability to correct statistical aberrations after manufacture via extensive validation and testing, as opposed to design aberrations which can largely be eliminated through destructive iteration. Without the former process, you'll launch a million telescopes and not a single one will work.