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Source: http://dustinteractive.com/post/154248546931/rip-john-glenn
Apr 3, 2018 3:39 AM
insanity540
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Source: http://dustinteractive.com/post/154248546931/rip-john-glenn
Celicasupra85
There is such a thing as tolerances
JustAnUglyPotato
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Lonecoon
John Glenn was an amazing man. I got to talk to him while he was in space the second time, and I interviewed him again for our senior video.
Contra3IsTheHardestGameEver
So you buy appl3 products because it is not cheap?
just4thelolz
EAisgood
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insanity540
Thanks to everyone up voting (and getting it into viral). All credit goes to the source.
insanity540
Ooo over 1k
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PrimePowerOn
There is a technical competence portion of the government contracts my company goes after. This seems like an oversimplification.
KornyKev
Thank You. In the construction business there's a whole scoring system for how a contract is won. Many think it's just the price you bid.
AmHumanNotLizardMan
And a Saturn V still cost More than a billion dollars to make and launch (adjusted for inflation)
spaghettiThunderbolt
Biggest, most powerful rocket ever built. Literally hundreds of thousands of people were directly involved with the Saturn V.
candiedhotdogs
Military grade...aka cheap enough to make at the cheapest possible rate
Urgalicity
Military Grade = may explode on contact with operator, or air, or the laws of physics.
8BitBootcamp
Gotta love government issued gear and the "I can make it for cheaper" quality
thatiswhyyoushoulddoityourself
Funny, I would've thought that with the U.S. huge military budget, the stuff would be at the very least middle tier.
SlotegeAllDay
Funniest thing I'll read all day.
Nuttsy
These are things you need in the thousands if shit hits the fan: You don't WANT to be overpaying for them when you need them.
RyanAndTheQuestForWorldDomination
It is actually of reasonable quality for critical things like weapons and ordinance, people just like to point out the “lowest bidder” BS.
Spitfire2865
Thing is it is lowest bidder, the military just has high standards. Shit will work enough to pass tests. Source-defense engineer technician.
CatOnTheRoof
Even worse. Our soldiers were sent abroad, unarmed, with the order to buy Kalashnikovs somewhere local but mostly cheap.
kittil
As a nurse, that same train of thought has crossed my mind regarding health care
override367
lowest bidder provided equipment, chargemaster provided nonsense prices for the customer
DarkOverlordJuice
Exactly. You two were both the lowest-paid people qualified enough to do an altogether expensive job.
Pakushy
*laughs in german*
DoubleBluff
You have a rocket?!
LordOfNapTime
Rocket surgery.
Seyavash
Not always correct, the product we supply in Healthcare are not the cheapest compared to our competitors. In fact we are chosen for quality.
theresgarlicinthatnebula
As a nurse who works in a top hospital, that's not even remotely true.
imbibemyvibe
This a more complicated issue with health care systems. Top hospital is a relative term, you could just be on a shitty floor.
Seyavash
Might differ from country to country, Sweden here \o
goudist
Lowest bidder who could produce an item to specifications.
PhysicsPhil
My experience would argue differently. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/27/military.electrocutions/
TheWarHymn
Let's hope they didn't bribe the inspection or forge the certification.
CrazyKittenEveOnline
or bribe the ppl writing the specification
jiveturkey158
Can be pretty difficult to tell something is off spec until it doesnt work
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Spitfire2865
I test bomb racks, can confirm. Shits shit, but it better fucking work before it leaves.
schrodingerscatfood
Steve Buscemi paraphrased that quote in Armageddon. https://youtu.be/CuAUE58MQt4?t=13s
Katalliaan
Similarly paraphrased, also in Armageddon: https://youtu.be/bifOI4MbHVU?t=5s
strugglesnuggler
"Wouldn't it be easier to train astronauts to drill?" "Shut up"
tbkelley1498
huh, i never realized that was a quote (paraphrased) from an actual historical source
root1657
Armageddon IS a historical source, thank you!
disinformatique
It also has Aragorn's Girlfriend and Batman in it !!
Muppetwarior
The engines had an issue where bubbles kept forming in one of the chambers. it made them explode. So the guys making the V1 started 1/
valen00
I think you are trying to talk about combustion instability. The cause is moderately well understood, the solution was not. The F1 designers
valen00
did use explosives (small ones, not ACME 500LB's) to induce instability so that they could see if their fixes worked. /
valen00
They installed baffles http://heroicrelics.org/ussrc/896x600/dsc80884.jpg which prevented large instabilities from forming and all was well
Muppetwarior
Wow, Thank you = D.
Muppetwarior
over building them to withstand the explosions. they tested it by throwing bombs in to see if they would take the abuse. to my knowledge 2/
Muppetwarior
F1 * my bad. 3/
Dongwhereismyautomobile
Whatever they did worked. The Saturns were awesome machines.
Muppetwarior
Marvels that deserve to be taught about more often. 3 million working parts and a success rate better than that of the shuttle.
FungusForge
Helluva typo there mate. Course you knew that but I already had the mental image of nazis chuckin' nades in a bell like rednecks.
CheeseIsNaturesFudge
Same bloke making them anyway.
phobos535
No, the V1 was made by Fieseler and wasnt even a rocket. Von Braun made the V2 (A4) and later the american Redstone and Saturn
Nuttsy
Actually no. Same bloke signing off on the papers, yes, but there was a sea of people working on them.
Muppetwarior
they never figured out what was causing the bubbles.
Abracanawbra
Wasn't it acoustics?
CheeseIsNaturesFudge
That's a very good bet, complex shit.
phobosorbust
Yes, checking for resonance. Sound intense enough to start fires has to be carefully managed.
iarecow
No, I don't think the rocket was vaccinated
leon512
Bravo!