Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
by x0054 on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:20PM
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That's a really grate way to sell tickets: "We now know just how careless we can be to limit in flight explosions to just one per year!" You can't use the same attitude that's now common in software startups with space vehicles, or any vehicles for that matter. "Ship now and fix problems later" does not work with real world products, and to be honest, should be avoided in software as well.
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
by sliverstorm on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:25PM
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That's one of the big ways the private sector cuts costs! Where do you imagine the "fat" that the private sector trims (relative to gov't) comes from?
The private sector isn't somehow just better at stuff. It has different motives and different priorities, and makes different compromises.
Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
by icebraining on Saturday November 01, 2014 @02:30PM
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That's one of the big ways the private sector cuts costs!
Is it? Is there evidence that the private sector is consistently more accident prone that public entities when doing similar activities?