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There's always Joe B's rocket but this one takes the cake. It lands much smoother than Joey's ever did and with probably less budget. I applaud the creator!

• dylan604 3y ago
  "for the past 4 years" is some dedication. kudos for not giving up
  • bombcar 3y ago
    Hopefully it wasn't "I just kept trying various ones until one happened to work"
    • Etrnl_President 3y ago
      Aka. the Soviet development process.
      • trilbyglens 3y ago
        Aka, a way to compete with a vastly richer and more resourced opponent.
    • dylan604 3y ago
      Pretty much what SpaceX does too, so he’s in good company. History is full of stories like that. Edison’s “I didn’t fail 999 times, I just found 999 ways not to make a light bulb”
      • bombcar 3y ago
        I was thinking more of the equivalent of p-hacking; my design only has a 1% chance of working, but instead of improving it I just launched to 100+ times until the 1% hit.
        • dylan604 3y ago
          unless you didn't watch the video or were multitasking while it played, he definitely showed how he iterated through design ideas. so i'm really not sure what you're on about with the whole comment anyways