In their defence. SpaceX have the mentality of test and fail rather than simulate. It’s proven remarkably effective so far. Starship, as a concept it mildly insane. If they can pull it off, it will be amazing. Blowing up a few rockets on the way is expected.
I just wish they didn’t have an idiot Nazi at the helm.
It’s a legit way of doing it. The old adage applies
“In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there’s a huge difference.”
NASA is hyper risk averse. They simulate the hell out of everything first. This is, however, quite slow. It can also incur a lot of time based costs. SpaceX is jumping quickly to practical testing. This lets them refine and calibrate their models far quicker. It’s less efficient with hardware, but they are also going for low cost hardware, so this is far less of an issue than it would be with NASA.
That’s great and all, except when test and fail means littering our planet with exploded rocket bits. Every failure is only accelerating the destruction of our ecosystem.
In their defence. SpaceX have the mentality of test and fail rather than simulate. It’s proven remarkably effective so far. Starship, as a concept it mildly insane. If they can pull it off, it will be amazing. Blowing up a few rockets on the way is expected.
I just wish they didn’t have an idiot Nazi at the helm.
Pretty sure that’s just PR talk so the stock doesn’t take too big of a hit when the rockets do blow up.
It’s a legit way of doing it. The old adage applies
“In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there’s a huge difference.”
NASA is hyper risk averse. They simulate the hell out of everything first. This is, however, quite slow. It can also incur a lot of time based costs. SpaceX is jumping quickly to practical testing. This lets them refine and calibrate their models far quicker. It’s less efficient with hardware, but they are also going for low cost hardware, so this is far less of an issue than it would be with NASA.
And that’s why SpaceX were the first to put a lander on the moon.
That’s great and all, except when test and fail means littering our planet with exploded rocket bits. Every failure is only accelerating the destruction of our ecosystem.