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Maybe next time will ad another category
5) Falcon9R blows up..........
It didn't blow up, it became one with the force!
Maybe next time will ad another category
5) Falcon9R blows up..........
Painfully wrong on all accounts. The reason for no manually activated FTS was that by the time that anyone realized that something was seriously wrong the vehicle was already in bits. No one is watching the TV, it's all eyes on the telemetry. They have the chance to review the footage later.
Confirmed by pretty much everyone in the post launch news conference.
I think it is an engineering play on man hour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-hourWhat is an "engineering hour"?
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Cause still unknown after several thousand engineering-hours of review. Now parsing data with a hex editor to recover final milliseconds: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/615431934345216001
I'm not convinced. That SpaceX COO is obviously just a PR person who doesn't know any technical details, and is simply doing her best to put a positive spin on everything for future marketing purposes.
I'm not convinced. That SpaceX COO is obviously just a PR person who doesn't know any technical details, and is simply doing her best to put a positive spin on everything for future marketing purposes.
Wrong and right at the same time.
Right: A Chief Operations Officer does not know any technical details. Its not his/her business. A COO is responsible for forming the interface between executive board and the specialist departments. From down there, the COO is the little brother/sister of the CEO. And in 80% of all cases, the COO is a BA person, not an engineer.
Wrong: A COO is automatically a PR person. That's a lot of belittlement for such a responsible position. The COO is pretty much the person, who has least chances to pass the buck. If company processes are going wrong, quality assurance not working out (especially if a company implements TQM) - the COO is accountable and responsible at once. Also, the COO is a mostly internal position. Its pretty unusual, to have a COO represent the company to the outside, because thats the business of the CEO. The COO is there to free the CEO from internal responsibilities so he can focus on external responsibilities - towards investors and debtors.
But then: Shotwell is also president of SpaceX. She is the second in command and thus also responsible for representing SpaceX to the outside. And as much as you would like to rant about her performance there: She is an engineer. MSC in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Also she worked in the aerospace sector for quite a time before going to SpaceX.
Trust me: She knows what is known and what is still a guess. And her statements will only be as good as the statements of the engineers working for her.
Wow, one would almost believe you also work for SpaceX...
Wow, one would almost believe you also work for SpaceX...
Anyway, back to the investigation... Are we still guessing the stage 2 helium overpressure?
Man-rating is not for tomorrow... :hmm:
How many engineers work for SpaceX? I mean, "several thousands" in less than 24 hours?...after several thousand engineering-hours of review...
How many engineers work for SpaceX? I mean, "several thousands" in less than 24 hours?
I don't mean to doubt Elon's words, but it stroke me...
You realize that Man-rating is simply a holdover from the days when we were still using 1-shot artillery as launch vehicles don't you? An individual Atlas or Titan blowing up is no great loss cause you're launching them by the dozen any way.
It has close to 0 meaning in modern rocketry outside of limiting G-Forces.
several thousands of engineering hours in less than 24 hours
Typical Musk style.several thousands of engineering hours in less than 24 hours
Elon Musk's Super Extra Special Law of Relativity: time speeds up near large groups of engineers. :lol: