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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by Kapura on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @07:53PM (#38621188)
Writing software and building rockets are unlike each other in many respects; the cost of small errors being high among them.
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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by nomel on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @10:51PM (#38622420)
> the cost of small errors being high among them

There are some great documentaries about the NASA team that does safety critical software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJNNJxC12UM

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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by marcusverus on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @11:08PM (#38622533)
There are costs and then there are trade-off costs. In the long run, the trade-off costs of slow-moving perfectionism are FAR higher than the cost of the ‘fail fast and early’ culture at SpaceX.
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