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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago | parent | prev [-]

Why precisely? Can you elaborate?