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I must say, at the very least, I find the contrast is rather funny. New organisations were parroting SpaceX's euphemism of a “rapid unscheduled disassembly”, t

• 2rsf 3y ago
  Same as with Tesla, you test new algorithms in production and deny the consequences. Someone believes that you can do Agile development with safety critical systems that involves real lives and severe consequences.
• shagie 3y ago
  That term existed well before SpaceX - From Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1970 - Fire control (Naval gunnery) https://books.google.com/books?id=86zpYQO5yYcC&q=Rapid%20unintentional%20Disassembly&dq=Rapid%20unintentional%20Disassembly&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAjgKahUKEwisiKjUh_TGAhWIGx4KHYQCC-o#v=snippet&q=Rapid%20unintentional%20Disassembly&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=86zpYQO5yYcC&q=Rapid%20uni... and https://history.nasa.gov/monograph45.pdf https://history.nasa.gov/monograph45.pdf > We would build multiple layers of fuel oxidizer, and then, we would get a run long enough up to really do something. We’d get a really exciting event. I deemed it “pre-unplanned disassembly” at the time. That problem really went away when we learned a little bit about fuel control and kept injectors and propellant temperatures a little warmer.