Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture

Re:Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture by necovek on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:42AM (#43010811)

Had they received the same grant money as Boeing ($4.2b vs $2.6b), it wouldn't have been such a close call.

I'd also note that they were also late by 3 years or so: this did not produce miracles, it was just much cheaper and better in the end than what Boeing is still trying to do.

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Re:Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture by Manabu-eo on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:20PM (#43017080)

He is talking about Falcon 1, not CCDev. There was no close call at CCDev, nor any grant money for Falcon 1.

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Re:Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture by necovek on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @06:53AM (#43024419)

Thanks for the correction/clarification.

Still, I would be surprised if SpaceX did not greatly benefit from knowledge gained in Falcon 1 development when building their Falcon 9 rocket and then optimizing it for reusability — they started development of Falcon 9 while Falcon 1 was still operating.

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