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I would try to avoid blowing up rockets the day before my company was due to fly humans for the first time, but I’m not a billionaire, so what do I know?
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Platystemon posted:I would try to avoid blowing up rockets the day before my company was due to fly humans for the first time, but I’m not a billionaire, so what do I know? More than Elon Musk, apparently.
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Arrhythmia posted:Remember the red button? Beat me to it 
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Maxwells Demon posted:More than Elon Musk, apparently. Elon is not involved with the SpaceX engineering, but it was a prototype anyways
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CommieGIR posted:Elon is not involved with the SpaceX engineering, but it was a prototype anyways He's involved to the extent of being given a lovely grain silo and told it's his toy rocket.
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May 29, 2020 23:32
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Legally, elon is not allowed to hold any management position within spacex because otherwise they would immediately lose the contract due to him smoking weed live on a stream, which is still a federal offence which hence precludes a company he manages from bidding on government contracts, lol.
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That's also why, unlike tesla, spacex is a functional company and not a huge, flaming garbage fire that produces a batch of 10 cars, of which 1 is roadworthy and saleable.
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May 29, 2020 23:34
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Drone_Fragger posted:Legally, elon is not allowed to hold any management position within spacex because otherwise they would immediately lose the contract due to him smoking weed live on a stream, which is still a federal offence which hence precludes a company he manages from bidding on government contracts, lol. So you admit it, spaceX is successful because of the actions of elon musk 
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Drone_Fragger posted:That's also why, unlike tesla, spacex is a functional company and not a huge, flaming garbage fire that produces a batch of 10 cars, of which 1 is roadworthy and saleable. Yup. Tesla has a higher engineering and exec turnover rate than a call center, SpaceX succeeds because he is kept a figurehead rather than an actual decision maker
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Drone_Fragger posted:Legally, elon is not allowed to hold any management position within spacex because otherwise they would immediately lose the contract due to him smoking weed live on a stream, which is still a federal offence which hence precludes a company he manages from bidding on government contracts, lol. thats how it works for normal people. not billionaires. anyways he has a clearance so what are you even talking about. also see kushner
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bring back old gbs posted:and right on time: This wouldn't have happened if they didn't use touchscreens!
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May 29, 2020 23:50
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Zero One posted:This wouldn't have happened if they didn't use touchscreens! See if you double tap and the hold, the coms turn on. But if you triple tap and hold, the whole thing blows up. It's fool-proof.
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May 29, 2020 23:51
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la chancla is versatile.
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While I applaud his bravery, I don't think that piddly fire was worth dying for.
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Ultimate chabuduo
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This is also what happens when you tear off the tag from your mattress
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That's amazing
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May 30, 2020 04:06
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You can't fire me, I quit *flips off the boss and slams the door in tree*
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Barber chairs can ruin your day.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Barber chairs can ruin your day. and your pants.
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May 30, 2020 04:44
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That's what you get when you don't cut at the line.
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CommieGIR posted:Elon is not involved with the SpaceX engineering, but it was a prototype anyways They need a real man in charge of Space X. Namely, Fred Scuttle SPACE ACE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBukwTVWQqw
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Ahhh, yes. I've been there. That's the moment you realize why there's a bucket of soap/slicky somewhere in the shop and you should have greased the beads. He's not at the "fall in the pit" step yet. Another learning experience in shop safety.
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That sledge was the plan B
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May 30, 2020 22:49
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Nah, the sledge is to break the bead off the rim.
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I for sure thought he was gonna bounce up and land butt-first on the sledge. I'm ok with being wrong.
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The joke was if the crowbar didn't get him in the rear end, the sledge was in close enough proximity to cover for it
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May 30, 2020 23:09
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"Oh no! my prised crack!"
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Actual video of the astronauts using the touch screen controls in space Looks pretty reasonable? Seems like it works exactly like the docking simulator, in which case i'd far rather be using touch screen than a stick style controller given the inputs 'stick' until cancelled. blunt fucked around with this message at 00:13 on May 31, 2020 |
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I watched the entire stream today from the moment the astronauts got into the capsule, and from settling in until reaching orbit they only appeared to be using the touch screen to cycle between different display pages. During all the preflight checks Doug was exclusively using the bank of physical switches below the panel, and both of them have another rack beside the right knee that appears to control things like the radio. The iPad kneeboards were shut off, with paper checklists stuck overtop. Once in space they turned on the iPads and started poking the touchscreens more, but I noticed that during the manual control tests they also pulled out a little handheld joystick device with buttons on it, like a sort of Wiimote or Oculus controller dealio on a cable. Almost as though this wasn't just another Elon Special, and somebody at NASA did put a little bit of thought into the human interface of this spaceship 
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May 31, 2020 01:44
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That was a microphone.
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blunt posted:Actual video of the astronauts using the touch screen controls in space I was going to say I'd prefer buttons but then I realised I've only tried it with a mouse, which is kinda annoying. Tried it with touchscreen just now and yeah, it's fine. Sure, I wouldn't want to fly an X-Wing with a touchscreen but for the tiny, slow adjustments you need for docking it's perfectly fine.
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https://i.imgur.com/J0nuO0r.mp4 Seems like it took a long time to find the Big Red Button that makes everything stop.
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A sad day at the fruit by the foot factory.
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Memento posted:https://i.imgur.com/J0nuO0r.mp4 Glad no one was working behind the barrier. What were they yelling over the Tannoy?
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