Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design

Re:Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design by bladewolf47 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:02AM (#37072905)

The later half of the rule also scales the estimate up by an order of magnitude, would imply tasks taking 30x longer. Guess that makes you quite optimal at those tasks.

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Re:Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design by Tuna-Fish on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:02AM (#37073696)

That's for the cost estimate, not time.

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Re:Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design by hibbelig on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:21AM (#37073819)

I understood it as:

    better_time = estimated_time * 3;
    better_cost = estimated_cost * 10;

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Re:Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design by bladewolf47 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:53AM (#37074016)

I missed that - this makes more sense

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Re:Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design by junon on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:20PM (#37081939)

For what it's worth, I also missed it the first time around. It's worded a little strangely if you're going through them quickly.

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Re:Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design by ace32229 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @08:23AM (#37075289)

I think you've misread it, though this is my first time encountering these laws so do correct me. It says to multiply the time by 3x and the costs by 10x

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