• Shawdow194
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    156 months ago

    “… But it worked. We had lots of margin on that main chute.”

    Love NASA over engineering

  • @Sigmatics@lemmy.ca
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    136 months ago

    “In the design plans for the system, the word ‘main’ was used inconsistently between the device that sends the electric signals, and the device that receives the signals,” NASA said in a written statement. "On the signal side, ‘main’ meant the main parachute. In contrast, on the receiver side ‘main’ was used as a reference to a pyrotechnic that fires to release the parachute canister cover and deploy the drogue.

    “Engineers connected the two mains, causing the parachute deployment actions to occur out of order,” NASA said.

    • @Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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      126 months ago

      I used to work as a technical writer and I always got shat on by engineers who worked along the lines of “real men don’t write documentation”. But those guys won’t read this because reading is just too hard for them.

      • LazaroFilm
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        6 months ago

        I guess I’m not a real man. I read documentation as a hobby. Started with Legos, and now it’s reading component i2s communication tables…

        • @Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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          46 months ago

          I’m not saying all engineers are like that. I’ve met a few capable ones. But the mediocre and less than mediocre ones usually have the biggest chips on their shoulders.

          • Pennomi
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            Technically the word LEGO® is always written in full capitals because it’s a trademark.

            The LEGO name is always spelled in all capital letters and the bricks (and/or elements) must always be referred to as “LEGO bricks” (or “LEGO elements”) – never “LEGOs” or “legos”.

            And

            The first time the Trademarks appear in a headline and in the following text, they should be accompanied by the relevant symbol: the LEGO trademark and SERIOUS PLAY by the ®symbol

            Thereafter, the symbols need not to be used more on the same page, or in the same chapter.

  • @silencioso@lemmy.world
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    86 months ago

    It always fascinated me how, something apparently as simple as a parachute, is so hard to do well. We can operate a fucking drone flying repeatedly on the surface of other planet but we struggle to open a piece of cloth.