yokowan:

yokowan:

the number of spacecraft failures recently has been absolutely insane and it all comes down to tech bros barging into the industry going “it’s not that hard wtf is nasa so bad” and then completely skipping out on any testing

Recently, a privately funded asteroid mission failed immediately after launch. Here are some choice excerpts from the company’s blog post about it:

As our CEO Matt Gialich put it: "We know how to build these craft. These have been built before. They just cost a billion fucking dollars. How do we do it for a fraction of the cost?"ALT

they cost that much because they do integration testing

We built Odin in less than ten months at a cost of approximately $3.5 million. For comparison, a similar NASA mission like Lunar Trailblazer cost about $95 million just for the spacecraft. We accomplished our build at roughly 7% of that cost. ALT

…..by skipping integration testing

This rapid iteration approach embodies our philosophy: learn fast, adjust quickly, and accept calculated risks to gain experience that can't be acquired through simulation or planning alone. ALT

“skipping integration testing was the right move actually”

And while we knew about some of the issues before launch, we made the bold decision to launch anyway—and that made all the difference. ALT

come fucking on.

We were transparent from the beginning about the high-risk nature of this mission. As noted in our pre-launch blog, we assigned Odin only a 30% chance of success. We went into the mission aware of several specific issues: The power amplifier wasn't configured in a default "on" state Our data streams weren't configured in the smallest possible frame The battery capacity was limited to about 2.5 hours of operation without solar panel deployment Our testing prior to shipment revealed a potential issue with solar panel deployment These were configuration issues rather than design intentionsALT

AND YOU FUCKING LAUNCHED ANYWAYS

In many ways, Odin has become both a pioneer and a teacher—continuing its mission by informing our future endeavors, even in silence. ALT

it failed immediately you dipshits

"At the end of the day, like, you got to fucking show up and take a shot, right? You have to try." ALT

or you could. i don’t know. do integration testing?

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