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SpaceX making more than 1k changes to next Starship rocket

• kristianp 3y ago
  Compare this to SLS which needs about two years between launches to make changes.
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  • hulitu 3y ago
    Will be interesting to know how many of those 1k changes are tested.
    • mdhen 3y ago
      That's what the next launch is for.
      • hulitu 3y ago
        So just like Microsoft: testing in production.
        • AeiumNE 3y ago
          It's a test flight
        • mdhen 3y ago
          The key to spacex's success is that they are not afraid of having rockets blow up during development. They launch, learn, iterate, launch again. I'm not sure how any sane person can argue with their results.
  • Shawnj2 3y ago
    Both approaches are valid- NASA is the “we have one shot to get this right” approach and SpaceX is the “launches for test data are cheap” approach. Both are valid
• Zigurd 3y ago
  How many changes did you merge in your latest dev build? Iterative engineering where the iterations are too long, and the changes too numerous and too risky <cough>"shower head"</cough> means you get masking bugs and don't converge on a shippable product. If the launch mount fails again, the subsequent iteration will be two years, not 8 months, and the cost will be 5X.