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Thank god you're not building rockets.
by askl 2y ago
Thank god you're not building rockets.
- mr_toad 2y agoTesting to failure is pretty common in rocketry. If you don’t push the limits you’ll never really know where the limits are.
- ls612 2y agoThis has been SpaceX’s methodology for a long time now and has gotten them to the point where they have the most reliable western launch vehicles ever launching record amounts of mass to orbit each year at record low prices.
- inglor_cz 2y agoWhy precisely? Can you elaborate?
- ChrisClark 2y agoI truly hope that if you ever design a rocket yourself, that you will test it. I have no idea why you'd think testing is a terrible thing to do if it has to do with rockets.
- prerok 2y agoI think we all agree that you need to test eventually. I do think most of us would already be double checking for leaks. It just seems one of the obvious things that may go wrong when putting it all together.
- wat10000 2y agoThey likely did test it, and it passed. The leak was probably caused by the somewhat violent environment of the launch, and that can’t be entirely replicated on the ground.