It probably has to do with doing things nobody has done at a massive scale. They purposefully are doing risky things because it provides useful data that can be used to prevent failures in the future.
When the plane gets back to base and is shot full of holes, you don’t add armor to the places it was shot.
It’s a reference to WWII planes and survivorship bias. They were trying to figure out how to armor the planes that made it back so they would withstand more enemy fire, you don’t armor where the planes were shot because getting shot there doesn’t down a plane. You armor where they weren’t shot because the planes that were shot there didn’t make it back.
SpaceX is purposefully messing around with with things so they can find improvements to make the ships more robust. They are going to lose more ships and that is a great thing for the long-term reliability and safety.
It probably has to do with doing things nobody has done at a massive scale. They purposefully are doing risky things because it provides useful data that can be used to prevent failures in the future.
When the plane gets back to base and is shot full of holes, you don’t add armor to the places it was shot.
Whose shooting at them?
It’s a reference to WWII planes and survivorship bias. They were trying to figure out how to armor the planes that made it back so they would withstand more enemy fire, you don’t armor where the planes were shot because getting shot there doesn’t down a plane. You armor where they weren’t shot because the planes that were shot there didn’t make it back.
SpaceX is purposefully messing around with with things so they can find improvements to make the ships more robust. They are going to lose more ships and that is a great thing for the long-term reliability and safety.
Well put.