Bernie @[email protected]

Now I can watch them with more telemetry, and higher stakes. The next time a Starship craters on the landing pad, it could be due to a bug in my firmware. Finally, my work will have a big... impact! 💥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Vw2ZDe-G0
#starship #spacex

It won't come as a surprise to those who know me well: for years, I've been watching countless Falcon 9 launches and Starship test flights as if they were some sort of sporting event.

🍿🤓🚀
#spacex #starship

Today was my first day at #SpaceX. where I will develop avionics firmware for #Starship and other vehicles. 🚀

This launch photographer's portfolio 😮
https://www.johnkrausphotos.com/
#spacex #falcon9

Part 3 of Everyday Astronaut's tour of Starbase with Elon Musk:
https://youtu.be/9Zlnbs-NBUI?t=296
#spacex #starship

Starship prototype SN20 has been mated with Super Heavy Booster BN4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2_dfvRZ4M
#spacex #starship

omg, they're really lifting the SuperHeavy on the pad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHVskV5SAI
#spacex #starship

Can't wait to see BN4 sitting on the orbital pad with SN20 stacked on top! 🤩

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtTsj02BvlI
#spacex #spaceship

5. And then the final step is Automate.

Now, I have personally made the mistake of going backwards on all 5 steps [...] Yes, multiple times, on Model 3.

That is: I automated, accelerated, simplified, and then deleted. [but did he forget to question the requirements after deleting the part?]

This starts at 22:00 into the interview, and it's worth listening to even with the incessant beeping of the construction cranes in the background.

#spacex #starship

4b. Accelerate cycle time: you're moving too slowly. Go faster!

But don't go faster until you worked on the other three things first!

If you're digging in your grave, don't dig it faster. Stop digging your grave!

So... but... it's... you can always make me ...$?#@... faster!

[he literally said that last sentence too fast for it to be discernible! 😂]

#spacex #starship

3. Whatever requirement or constraint you have, it must come with a name, not a department. Because you can't ask the departments, you have to ask a person

[...] otherwise you could have a requirement that basically an intern 2 years ago randomly came up with off the cuff... and they're not even at the company any more... but it came from the, let's say, Air Flow Department!

#spacex #starship

2. Then, try to delete the part or process.

The bias tends to be very strongly in favor of adding parts in case we need them... but you can basically make "in case" arguments for so many things! [...]

So, you gotta delete the parts or process steps that you don't need.

#spacex #starship

At 13:13 into the video, he mumbles:

"W-what I'm trying... I have a solve this... err... implement rigorously is this sort of 5 step process:

1. Your requirements are definitely dumb: everyone's wrong, no matter who they are [...] So try to make your requirements less dumb."

#spacex #starship

Lots of insights on lean engineering in this interview to Elon Musk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t705r8ICkRw

#spacex #starship

#SpaceX #Starship / Superheavy test flight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtcWazJ00RM

Felix predicts that we'll see the first #Starship orbital flight on August 6th... which coincides with my birthday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK9EB48_2Go

Come on, Elon, let me watch the operations from the #SpaceX control room in Boca Chica!

Ah, looks like Remedios Street and Joanna Street, two roads cutting through the #SpaceX #Starship construction site, should remain open to the public:
https://www.valleycentral.com/spacex/district-attorney-warns-spacex-about-unauthorized-road-closures-security-personnel/

Hopefully, soon we'll have a whole fleet of Starships rolling out of the production facility.

#Spacex #Starship #SN15 #SN16

#SN16 was moved out of the High Bay and parked next to #SN15, offering a rare view of twin Starships.
#SpaceX #Starship

Yesterday the road to Boca Chica was open, and I was able to walk around the #SpaceX launch facility: