![Starship is not real. It's a tin can that is shaking itself apart. [808x1078 - 885KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/0kpeJ0.png){kind=link}
Lots of design are done on purpose to collect data, it's far more accurate than a computer simulation and it doesn't cost much (per Elon Musk).
That's why they are designing several different prototypes/iterations of Starship (booster and ship).
Sure, but that’s a amateur grade mistake. Better data is collected when you push things further with a better design to start and then optimize. The more talented a designer is the higher the rate that prototype 1 does the job needed and then you optimize for improvements, cost, repair ability, better safety margin.
Sure, but that’s a amateur grade mistake.
It is if you don't know that they have been doing several pressure tests over the limits, on purpose (that picture is the result of one of them) to see what needs to be reinforced or redesigned.
Over the limits… start with a low bar and then show how much you can improve it. Millennial shit. Or start with a terrific design, exceed expectations, then play with variations. End up with something that is revolutionary.
Life is too short to play with bad designs and diversity hires who create stupid shit and make everyone sit through watching it fail and them look puzzled. Then say “oh well, good try, no one could have seen that coming. You’re awesome, try again.”
Much of college seems to be producing this mindset as of the last decades, I know people in software who tell the same story of college and various employment that is rinse and releat.
Find the very best of the best, give them whatever they want and stand back. Some of the greatest companies and and projects ever were this way.
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