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Re:SpaceX loses its third Starship prototype during a cryoge... by greedo on Friday April 03, 2020 @10:07AM (#22769247)
These are relatively cheap prototypes. No engines, just the fuel tanks and body. Cheap stainless steel, fabricated in weeks. If this was Boeing, it'd set them back years. The whole idea is to crank out a steady stream of cheap prototypes to iterate design ideas and fixes rapidly.
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Re:SpaceX loses its third Starship prototype during a cryoge... by papito on Friday April 03, 2020 @10:20AM (#22769356)
At most other companies you have a whole hierarchy of executives who want their bonuses, so you have that risk aversion where they will spend tremendous time and resources covering their asses first. Failure is failure, it's not just a step to more improvement in that world.
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