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whatever1 ◴[] No.44300677[source]
Question why is it so easy today to build reusable rockets? Is it because the onboard cpu speed of the chips can solve more granular control problems with low latency?
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xeromal ◴[] No.44300756[source]
SpaceX showed it was possible and also a crappy place to work means those knowledgeable people go work elsewhere for less work and more money.

inb4 blue origin / DC-X did it first

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1. mensetmanusman ◴[] No.44301424[source]
Crappy for 10% amazing for 90%, somewhat better than the 80/20 70/30 seen by most F500s.
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2. MattRix ◴[] No.44303533[source]
I imagine they mean crappy as in really poor work life balance.