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It's funny that SpaceX is using the term "rapid unscheduled disassembly" unironically, despite it originally being a humourous euphemism.
by cubefox 3y ago
It's funny that SpaceX is using the term "rapid unscheduled disassembly" unironically, despite it originally being a humourous euphemism.
- baq 3y ago[flagged]
- sebzim4500 3y agoThe phrase is not an HR invention
- wiz21c 3y agoWhy can't they just say "exploded" ?
- mlindner 3y agoWell technically it's not an explosion.
- dotnet00 3y agoExploded is a loaded term that has been ruined by media to make it so that people interpret even development testing as a failure. RUD conveys the same idea of the vehicle losing structural integrity, serves as a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor for those who understand it, and limits the number of idiots screaming "look this project is obviously a scam" slightly.
- mrsilencedogood 3y agoSame energy as sqlite using etilqs as their file extension for no reason other than to mildly amuse onlookers who "know" and to deter the uninitiated from sending them unearned complaints.
- doctoboggan 3y agoActually there is a reason for that, as described in this source code comment[0] ** 2006-10-31: The default prefix used to be "sqlite_". But then ** Mcafee started using SQLite in their anti-virus product and it ** started putting files with the "sqlite" name in the c:/temp folder. ** This annoyed many windows users. Those users would then do a ** Google search for "sqlite", find the telephone numbers of the ** developers and call to wake them up at night and complain. ** For this reason, the default name prefix is changed to be "sqlite" ** spelled backwards. So the temp files are still identified, but ** anybody smart enough to figure out the code is also likely smart ** enough to know that calling the developer will not help get rid ** of the file. [0]: https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/18cf47156abe94255ae1495ba2da84517dce6081/src/os.h#L56-L75 https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/18cf47156abe94255ae14...
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoin 10 years RUD will mean exploded, that's how language works. retarded used to be a medical term to replace loaded terms such as imbecile. You can see how successful that was. It turns out, dressing up an idea does absolutely nothing since it's the idea that has the negative connotation. And why shouldn't "exploded" be viewed in a negative light?
- djmips 3y agoDownvotes for language?
- dotnet00 3y agoThe difference is between viewing exploded as simply something going wrong and viewing it as an indication of general failure. A starship prototype exploding in a flight right now is completely different from a Falcon 9 exploding in a flight. With the former it's almost desirable by making points of improvement obvious, with the latter it's a potential capacity crisis for the US launch industry. Yet that's not really how most journalists will report it, and also isn't how most people who don't actively keep up with developments will interpret it. Also, as you say, retarded replaced imbecile, and since then retarded has also been replaced, same will happen with RUD. Not really a big deal since they'll just change their language usage too.
- tekla 3y agoExplode actually has a definition.
- justrealist 3y agoRUD very often means an anomaly triggered a self-destruct. Saying it "exploded" implies the explosion was not automatically triggered.
- cubefox 3y agoI don't think RUD suggests self-destruction. It even suggests the opposite, because having a self-destruction system involved means the explosion wasn't entirely "unscheduled". Indeed, SpaceX describes the lower stage explosion, which wasn't caused by the flight termination system, as a "RUD", but not the upper stage explosion, which was caused by the flight termination system.
- margalabargala 3y agoI agree with you. The self-destruction system triggers a RSD.
- BurningFrog 3y agoSometimes the thing just breaks into pieces.
- lupusreal 3y agoSometimes euphemisms are fun.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Why can't they just say "exploded" ? The rocket exploded because it was instructed to explode. In fact, one of the problems was that it didn’t explode on time: the flight-termination system did not destroy the vehicle immediately. Many rocket failures, especially those are high altitude, do not explode in a classical sense. The correct term would be that they failed; RUD seems more fun.
- brandonagr2 3y agoThat is a common phrase in rocketry
- PepperdineG 3y agoIt's like the Arboghast encountering the protomolecule
- mbostleman 3y agoWhat about the term “Cato”, is that still used? I think its meaning is limited to take off.
- marcosdumay 3y agoAfter NASA decided to use lithobraking as a perfectly valid landing procedure, I decided nothing from rocket engineering would surprise me anymore.
- eagerpace 3y agoIt's nice to see that they don't use it, just to use it. For example, in describing what happened with the Ship, they didn't use it because it terminated autonomously as intended by the software.
- wilg 3y agoI think they are using it ironically still.
- Culonavirus 3y agoOf course. Other space companies would just say something about "an anomaly" and that would be it. "RUD" is just a rocketry inside joke. It is not - and it never was - anything else.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoBecause the lawyers are not yet involved. If SpaceX blows up over a major city, these terms will be banned.
- iknowstuff 3y agoOk? Damn what a negative take.
- wmf 3y agoRockets don't pass over cities for that reason.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoFAA says they must avoid populated areas, but the laws of physics don't stop rockets from rapidly disassembling into a boat or any area where people may be living. At this point the lexicon will revert, and it will be a "crashed into" event.
- pjscott 3y agoThis is why they don't launch over areas where people are living, and why rocket launches are occasionally scrubbed due to the presence of a wayward boat. They're actually being careful here.
- 1970-01-01 3y agoThey do, and SpaceX is literally building an entire city around their launchpad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_Chica_(Texas)#Plans_for_a_new_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_Chica_(Texas)#Plans_for_a...
- mlindner 3y agoNo they're not. There are no people living adjacent to the launch pad.