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No it’s not, the massive increase in the number of sensors dramatically improves reliability and changes the game more than the appearances would suggest (A roc
by mensetmanusman 2y ago
No it’s not, the massive increase in the number of sensors dramatically improves reliability and changes the game more than the appearances would suggest (A rocket may look the same as 100 years ago but the data stream is completely different and invisible to humans at first sight).
The sensors and lightweight compute were not available during World War II.
- blitzar 2y ago> the massive increase in the number of sensors dramatically improves reliability and changes the game A guy with a submersible said the exact same thing; he is now in a 1cmx1cmx1cm cube with 4 other people at the bottom of the Atlantic.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoBecause of carbon fiber.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> sensors and lightweight compute were not available during World War II Planes came back in WWII. No such luck with upper stages. No Wald hints. Telemetry doesn’t compensate for the exponential increase in the envelope of relevant parameters in the transition from subsonic flight to orbital mechanics.
- rkangel 2y agoIf you read the GP text, they're not comparing the specific technology, they're saying that we're at an equivalent point in the development path.