It's also been rarely reported that the hard shelled sub was actually a *second* attempt — SpaceX worked to help another company w/ a few soft, inflatable, stretcher-like rescue pods. The anti-SV argument just desn't work here (an exception IMO; usually I'd criticise SV).
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I can see a sub being useful in some future, other setting. But someone has to lead and test and try and iterate. I wrote as much in my piece. There's no reason it couldn't eventually be useful...
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*One* of the cavers on the ground, in the midst of a developing media shit storm, after being asked to continue. Believe me, I agree that Musk shouldn't have done that, but I do not think media coverage has been helpful here. Even your statement there is misleading.
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Media is not good at nuance unfortunately, and it is good at generating outrage where none was needed (yet often bad at generating outrage where it was needed). I run into this frequently in my day job as well. Very annoying.
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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.