Elon Musk says that he plans to try a second launch of the Starship heavy in August, adding that he has made “about a thousand changes” between attempts. Elon understands how failure can be the secret of your success.
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10 replies on “1000 Changes in 100 Days”
One thing I did not hear mentioned was that the manufacturing capabilities need to be in place in order to actualize any engineering changes that are desired. You must have deep manufacturing capabilities that include a wide range of processes as well as the tooling and manpower to do it!
Elon obviously has that …. in spades!!!
“I have not failed 10,000 times-I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work” Thomas Edison
One of the best Right Angles. Bill spot on about how engineers want (read:Need) to do, build, break, redesign, rebuilt to have fun, be happy, feel accomplishment, etc. At least I do. Bill’s segment reminded me of, and I think he alluded to it, the topic of one of his Firewalls “My Friend Failure”. Again, one of the top ten pieces Bill’s ever produced, IMHO.
I wonder if Elon Musk had to eat cereal with powdered milk…
My Friend Failure – Firewall from Truth Revolt Originals
https://youtu.be/JlLbFZxrzrc
from 9 years ago
I’m waiting for the next chapter in Elon’s video compilation: “How Not To Launch An Interplanetary Rocketship”.
Because the first chapter, “How Not To Land An Orbital Rocket Booster” is one of my favorite videos of all time!
And the music was perfect for that video! Loved that thing
Reminds me of the time I blew out the center speaker at the Chinese Theater. I was so proud of myself.
Being Chemical Engineer trained done that for three years I can say – I loved, and still love fixing problems. Both as an actual engineer and about 22 years as a computer programmer. Getting a process or program to work even (or especially) when difficult is such a rush and enjoyful experience.
Much preferred to at meetings planning. Especially when you never start anything because “We’ve never done that before.”
Yes, I know. I’m strange. Nerd? Check. Geeky? Check. Reluctant to give up? Check.
Man, I actually miss programming.
You can add “Retired Hipster” to your resume: “Mannn, I #LearnedToCode BEFORE it was cool!”
Was waaaaay before it was cool. Then it was nerdy when nerdy was waaaay not cool.
But I’m claiming the “retired Hipster”, and in addition claiming ” Ignored prophet”.