Patrick Kizny 🏴’s Post

Don't be stupid. SpaceX were… until they weren't. If there's $6M falling from the sky, wouldn't you go get it? Said Musk, and the engineers raced to drawing boards. To catch returning fairings, they came up with these netships. Caught a few of them. 1️⃣ Tomorrow, approx $10B is falling… Or isn't? … ❌ Nah, not this ending 😂😂😂 2️⃣ Then dropped it. Why? It's easier than you think. The fairings would simply float. No need for fancy gear. Just go, pick it up from the ocean. This is an anecdotal story, Kiko Dontchev brought in his Summit talk. When SpaceX do innovation, they follow a recipe: "First principles approach". 1. Make the requirements less dumb. 2. Delete the part or process step. 3. Optimize. 4. Accelerate. 5. Automate. The take away from it is to challenge requirements. Stop ticking boxes because you're conditioned to. Not every problem is worth solving. The story is from 2021, but maybe you missed. Link to video below.