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Just another wild hair that needed tweezin’
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (25-31 Aug)
• WED Falcon9, Starlink FL
Looked to me like one landing leg collapsed on Booster-1062’s 23rd landing (most ever),
after 236 successful Falcon9 landings in a row (Good discussion and vid details)
• SAT Falcon9, Starlink CA
• SAT Falcon9, Starlink FL
Hey, two out’a three ain’t bad
Next Week:
• WED 3:38 am Polaris Dawn (crewed) FL
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• Reminder: “Stuff That’s Hard to Do” is our title, after all.
Searching for the reliability/fatigue/life limits is part of engineering:
Use it until something goes wrong,
Fix the limiting problem,
Use it some more until something else goes wrong,
Fix that,
Rinse, Repeat
• See Also: Progress
No initial design/build/operating plan is ever perfect
Y’gotta throw that pesky Reality™ at it, then pay close attention
Today, in Paranoia
Yeah, they’re all pretty much the same joke;
but sometimes it’s fun to try it multiple ways
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Hey, these posts don’t cost ya nuthin’ so don’t whine.
Remember, I’m just entertainin’ myself, here.
I appreciate that folks have different thoughts and opinions,
but I really don’t care.
These posts’re just handprints on a cave wall, not Jefferson’s diary.
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______History Was Normal at the Time
Current events are getting tiresome,
so thought I’d toss out the occasional
historical perspective when an idea
falls into my lap
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• Inspiration
