Cave-experts and rescuers of course innovate—but under a very different model of innovation. Almost all rescue situations are hotbeds of innovation and jerry-rigging. Someone was talking about how nurses in ICUs do the same—enormous innovation but embedded within protocols.
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Yes I have; I am a caver. Sorry, but I see both "sub" solutions as sane iterative design based on sound engineering. There's just nothing to criticise there given the constraints. And iterative design *is* something SpaceX has lots or experience with.
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I don't think we're in disagreement that Musk doesn't have the right personality to get involved in this stuff, but that's because of the insane media shit storm. Prior to that he was being reasonable and modest.
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His response was final proof.
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) but here's the issue in a nutshell:
NTSB type debriefings etc. Musk's thin skin to criticism isn't just a personality issue: iterative safety requires thick, thick skin.