The big value of the space program of the 60s wasn't even in engineering. It was in process management. What people tend to overlook here is that this was when process management took off and became a key element of production streamlining, efficiency skyrocketed in pretty much all industries after the 60s. The US managed to take that lead in efficiency well into the 80s, that's how long it took the rest of the world to catch on.
It's easily overlooked, I grant you that, but if you look at the way corporations in every sector changed during that decade it's really day and night.
Grab a bag and pass the soda, this is gonna be great. What excuses will we hear today? How are we going to justify ignoring science and instead trust the spin of the industry this time?
I really hope for something new, just sticking fingers into ears and going "lalala, I can't hear you" is getting old.
A government has a simple goal, the stated one. I.e. putting a man on Mars.
A private enterprise somehow has to make profit from that on top of it all. Why anyone thinks that this would be cheaper is simply something I don't get. How should it be cheaper to get goal + profit instead of goal?
Aside of Soyuz I, which was a rushed shitjob (much like Challenger's start, if you think about it), the Soyuz accidents were due to human error, not design flaws.
It's always funny to see companies buy other companies, hoping to buy their workers, too. This is especially hilarious when you see some ancient corporation buy up some startup that has little to its name but the people working there.
Newsflash: If these people wanted to work for ancient corporations with miles of red tape, they could. The first thing you'll see happen here is the actual talent jumping ship and moving on to the next one.
Same in Europe. Successfully, I might add, if only because those gender bullshit classes are usually free credits. Tests are easy, if your answer is something along the lines of "white men are to blame" you pass.
It's a bit like the Marxist/Leninist classes that were in the curriculum back in Soviet times. Also work in a similar way. And are about as useful as credit padding material, but little for anything else.
Erh... out of curiosity, because in this administration it's hard to see, but which of the four (dignity, justice, beauty or truth) can be gotten from the right again?
Yes, but nobody gives half a fuck if a non-manned rocket blows up. Or, let's put it that way, if the options are either to launch an unmanned supply rocket with the risk that it might blow up or to leave the ISS crew stranded with no supplies, that rocket launches.
Not in completely good health is to be expected. Aborts with emergency escape tower rockets pull you with 12+g away from the rocket (after all, they have to be more powerful than the rocket you're sitting on top, which accelerates you with 3-5g, and then some in case that thing goes boom right underneath you, which usually happens faster than the usual acceleration).
And I want to see you after being squished by about a metric ton to your chest. That's no cakewalk, you can expect some sort of injury from this. Even if everything in the capsule is safely locked down and doesn't hit you over the head.
No. Challenger and Columbia, or the Shuttle concept in total, was a security nightmare. Von Braun made 3 things clear when he took the helm of the space program.
1. No solid boosters in manned flights. For no reason, never. 2. There must be a way to separate the capsule with the astronauts from anything loaded with fuel in a fast and absolutely fault-proof way. 3. You have a Plan B? Great. When you have a Plan C, we'll talk about launching.
Lo and behold, nobody died in a space flight in the US until the fucking crapfest the shuttles were. If anything, Apollo 13 showed that having a Plan C is a GOOD idea. Challenger died due to ignoring 1 and 2. Columbia due to a lack of a Plan B, let alone Plan C. Lets be glad these overpriced, overhyped, overengineered death traps are retired.
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The big value of the space program of the 60s wasn't even in engineering. It was in process management. What people tend to overlook here is that this was when process management took off and became a key element of production streamlining, efficiency skyrocketed in pretty much all industries after the 60s. The US managed to take that lead in efficiency well into the 80s, that's how long it took the rest of the world to catch on.
It's easily overlooked, I grant you that, but if you look at the way corporations in every sector changed during that decade it's really day and night.
Grab a bag and pass the soda, this is gonna be great. What excuses will we hear today? How are we going to justify ignoring science and instead trust the spin of the industry this time?
I really hope for something new, just sticking fingers into ears and going "lalala, I can't hear you" is getting old.
How?
A government has a simple goal, the stated one. I.e. putting a man on Mars.
A private enterprise somehow has to make profit from that on top of it all. Why anyone thinks that this would be cheaper is simply something I don't get. How should it be cheaper to get goal + profit instead of goal?
600 billions should be enough to buy them, even.
Hey! Stop badmouthing capitalism, you pinko!
Aside of Soyuz I, which was a rushed shitjob (much like Challenger's start, if you think about it), the Soyuz accidents were due to human error, not design flaws.
It's always funny to see companies buy other companies, hoping to buy their workers, too. This is especially hilarious when you see some ancient corporation buy up some startup that has little to its name but the people working there.
Newsflash: If these people wanted to work for ancient corporations with miles of red tape, they could. The first thing you'll see happen here is the actual talent jumping ship and moving on to the next one.
That's the price of a refill cartridge. But it's gonna have over 10ml of ink and can be recharged. Of course only with iInk.
Same in Europe. Successfully, I might add, if only because those gender bullshit classes are usually free credits. Tests are easy, if your answer is something along the lines of "white men are to blame" you pass.
It's a bit like the Marxist/Leninist classes that were in the curriculum back in Soviet times. Also work in a similar way. And are about as useful as credit padding material, but little for anything else.
After whatnow?
flunkies who can't pay for their basket weaving
Well, maybe basket weavers would be excellent at the creation of multi-threaded code?
Maybe. But it would still be a basket case.
(spoken in a dramatic voice) Oh, the humanities!
You mean those unicorn riding ivory tower dwellers?
That disdain is mutual, ya know...
Erh... out of curiosity, because in this administration it's hard to see, but which of the four (dignity, justice, beauty or truth) can be gotten from the right again?
Nobody is perfect.
Yes, but none of them were unavoidable due to design constraints that could not be changed.
In other words, he'd start charging for delivery times that used to be free?
Yes, but nobody gives half a fuck if a non-manned rocket blows up. Or, let's put it that way, if the options are either to launch an unmanned supply rocket with the risk that it might blow up or to leave the ISS crew stranded with no supplies, that rocket launches.
Not true.
It's not fun, that fact.
I was looking for this comment.
Not in completely good health is to be expected. Aborts with emergency escape tower rockets pull you with 12+g away from the rocket (after all, they have to be more powerful than the rocket you're sitting on top, which accelerates you with 3-5g, and then some in case that thing goes boom right underneath you, which usually happens faster than the usual acceleration).
And I want to see you after being squished by about a metric ton to your chest. That's no cakewalk, you can expect some sort of injury from this. Even if everything in the capsule is safely locked down and doesn't hit you over the head.
He's nice, and he doesn't blab about your sex life, but he just doesn't know jack shit.
No. Challenger and Columbia, or the Shuttle concept in total, was a security nightmare. Von Braun made 3 things clear when he took the helm of the space program.
1. No solid boosters in manned flights. For no reason, never.
2. There must be a way to separate the capsule with the astronauts from anything loaded with fuel in a fast and absolutely fault-proof way.
3. You have a Plan B? Great. When you have a Plan C, we'll talk about launching.
Lo and behold, nobody died in a space flight in the US until the fucking crapfest the shuttles were. If anything, Apollo 13 showed that having a Plan C is a GOOD idea. Challenger died due to ignoring 1 and 2. Columbia due to a lack of a Plan B, let alone Plan C. Lets be glad these overpriced, overhyped, overengineered death traps are retired.
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