I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
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Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#2Report discussed in the talk:
"What made Apollo A Success?"
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720005243/downloads/19...
Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#3Good talk, worth watch.
15 rockets!
Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#4Yep, good stuff.
Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#5He seems really worried about offending people and hurting his relationships with NASA execs.
I wonder if NASA people are more prickly, less, or the same in terms of taking negative feedback as compared to programmers and hackers.
I suspect since we spend all day with compilers telling us we made silly errors, we're a bit more inured to criticism than the general public.
Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#6PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone post a TLDR. The dude is pleasant to listen to, but he goes ON and ON and ON about his life story and what not. Please just give us the bullet points.
Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#7Good talk, worth watch. 15 rockets!
Hey - you put in the time. Can you please help the rest of us out and post a TLDR?
Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#8PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone post a TLDR. The dude is pleasant to listen to, but he goes ON and ON and ON about his life story and what not. Please just give us the bullet points.
I'm only about half-way through, but if you skip to 30:50 he makes a big point.
And frankly the lead up to that point was necessary, which necessity is also part of the message he is delivering.
Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#9Re: I was scared To say this to NASA (But I said it anyway) – Smarter Every Day
#10PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone post a TLDR. The dude is pleasant to listen to, but he goes ON and ON and ON about his life story and what not. Please just give us the bullet points.
Q: 'How many Starship launches are needed to execute the Artemis III lunar landing?'
NASA: 'We don't know but at least 15'
Video: 'Oh well that's a huge problem to have a complex project like this and we don't even have an exact answer'