Ayy i beat Level 1 on my old radio shack chess computer.
| Pronouns | She/They |
| Telegram | t.me/ClaireFelidae |
| Discord | @ClaireFelidae |
| Bluesky | https://bsky.app/profile/clairefelidae.bsky.social |
Claire Felidae
- 7 Followers
- 26 Following
- 35 Posts
Middle aged electrical systems designer, fan of scientific inquiry and political animal.
Please remember that grocery bills have skyrocketed for our protogens friends
I just saw one digging through the trash and eating a DDR2 stick... Those are so far out of date ðŸ˜
Apparently a motor scooter battery will fit just fine in a UPS with a little persuasion, so one dremmelling later...
@JackRacc My concern is largely that of the "go fast and break things" approach may have worked within proven design envelopes like dragon was operating in but doesn't at the edge of material science we are operating at.
The sheer waste of relearning lessons the hard way rather than taking a more methodical design process with in-lab testing of the upper stage under similar physical loading conditions is managerial and engineering malpractice.
This is best demonstrated by early failures because SpaceX didn't want to use a vibration arresting water system like similar vehicles have used for years to disastrous effect. This is not a lesson they needed to learn the hard way and the homework was already done.
This shows a complete disdain for work and education of the experts in this field that typifies the ideology of Musk in a nutshell both politically and in terms of design rigor. His mental far right crash out is effecting his leadership.
So my thoughts on SpaceX's latest failure...
From an engineering standpoint I'm wondering what forces on the upper stage have caused these failures. Is there a lack of vibration dampening? Is the upper stage just too fragile or is it suffering a manufacturing defect when being mated to the 1st stage? Is the hot staging causing damage? A number of ideas run through my brain.
As a leftist seeing a fash company's rocket crash out is satisfying tho. Even if it means certain delays in space faring progress for the US.
As bloated and inefficient as SLS was at least it was a working project. One on the way to being fully proven for lunar flight.
This was cancelled for Elons unproven and in fact poorly tested current vehicle.
This is bad policy and bad science along with cancelling the Nancy Roman telescope.
@nixCraft Wolfenstein 3D absolutely is the first thing to come to my mind, the winding hallways and all the secret areas. It was so unique at the time.