Thank god you're not building rockets.

This has been SpaceX’s methodology for a long time now and has gotten them to the point where they have the most reliable western launch vehicles ever launching record amounts of mass to orbit each year at record low prices.

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mr_toad a year ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Testing to failure is pretty common in rocketry. If you don’t push the limits you’ll never really know where the limits are.

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ChrisClark a year ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I truly hope that if you ever design a rocket yourself, that you will test it. I have no idea why you'd think testing is a terrible thing to do if it has to do with rockets.

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prerok a year ago | parent [-]

I think we all agree that you need to test eventually. I do think most of us would already be double checking for leaks. It just seems one of the obvious things that may go wrong when putting it all together.

	▲	wat10000 a year ago \| parent [-]
		They likely did test it, and it passed. The leak was probably caused by the somewhat violent environment of the launch, and that can’t be entirely replicated on the ground.

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inglor_cz a year ago | parent | prev [-]

Why precisely? Can you elaborate?