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Prada makes tons of luggage, which from what I’ve seen and heard hold up well. They are well known for their luggage. A lot of people look down on these types
by ok_dad 2y ago
Prada makes tons of luggage, which from what I’ve seen and heard hold up well. They are well known for their luggage.
A lot of people look down on these types of fashion brands, as of the fashion industry isn’t a huge important part of humanity, allowing us to keep our bodies safe from the weather and conditions outdoors. Fashion is one of the most important and well researched industries, and the technology they innovate with is the whole reason we can even begin to think about sending humans to space.
Do you think a bunch of nerds in NASA are able to understand the best stitching and materials to use, and how to best design joints to allow the great freedom of movement? No way, you need the experts, like Prada.
- mmooss 2y agoLuggage doesn't seem to be a great qualification. I listed several fields which might have relevant experience: deep sea diving, work gear for toxic environments, military, etc. Luggage for my transatlantic flight doesn't seem like the same thing. > A lot of people look down on these types of fashion brands That strawperson has nothing to do with me or how well Prada can deliver. > Do you think a bunch of nerds in NASA are able to understand They do pretty well; I wouldn't dismiss them. They're leading technology organization in the history of humanity. And they have much more experience making space suits than Prada - or anyone else in the world. Also, your comment about NASA is not unlike the strawperson comments about Prada that you criticize.
- ok_dad 2y agoSo NASA is now both competent enough to build a space suit but incompetent enough to be trusted to farm it out to a group of third party specialists, which Prada was but one of? I said they can deliver technology and experience that will help the goals of the suit project, such as knowing how to sew stuff together to be more flexible, while the OP comment I replied to initially was calling them out based solely on the title of the article. Sure, you are giving points post-argument that seem to make some sort of sense, but your argument reads to me as if you're just arguing for argument sake that there is some possible way that this procurement strategy is wrong because Prada is involved, rather than looking at the whole picture and trying to determine why they would pick Prada at all. My comments go towards many reasons Prada has the "right stuff", but your comments seem to simply be nit-picking my arguments. Do you have any reason to believe Prada being involved is a bad thing, and if so please provide at least a shred of logic other than, "they're not qualified" when you clearly haven't even considered them as a technology leader? Do you have a better suggestion, considering a literal space tech company is the lead on this project, anyways? I feel like the male tech nerds here are just fighting some nebulous idea of Prada, feel free to prove me wrong.
- mmooss 2y agoThe question is, does Prada's expertise apply? Your impressions of my motives are irrelevant (and false). I'm not here to prove them wrong or right.
- ok_dad 2y agoClearly the smart people who chose Prada thought so, who are you to second guess them without any evidence or experience? It’s preposterous.