Timeline for Could the SpaceShipOne fly again?
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| Sep 25, 2020 at 12:35 | comment | added | David Hammen | @GdD Moreover, Elon Musk had his roots in software development. He made himself a twice-over multimillionaire by being very agile (as opposed to Agile). That freed him to pursue his heart's desire. If applying those agile concepts to his heart's desire had failed, he would have marked himself as yet another person who extended his knowledge base to areas where it did not apply. It did apply, as is obvious from SpaceX's successes. | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 12:17 | comment | added | David Hammen | @GdD While agile was initially explicitly developed for software development, it is now being used well outside the software development environment. Multiple companies are using Kanban boards, scrum, and other agile tools for projects that have zero software content. | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 11:38 | comment | added | David Hammen | @Giovanni The Falcon 1 succeeded in its last two attempts. SpaceX could have continued to build and fly Falcon 1 rockets, but they didn't. The Falcon 1 was a huge success -- as a prototype. Since it was a prototype, it was time to move on once SpaceX had learned that initial lesson and made the Falcon 1 a success. Musk's ultimate goal was not to fly tiny rockets. He used tiny rockets as a starting point toward achieving that final goal. | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 11:16 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | @GdD But in all fairness I think being more agile (compared to a classical government administration) is exactly what the space newcomers wanted to bring into the equation. The application domain still puts severe limits to the agility (and let's see how their rapid deployment and test strategy works once they routinely have human payloads) but it's a key ingredient nonetheless, and they are much faster in comparison ("look! the glacier is moving at an astonishing speed!") | |
| Sep 25, 2020 at 5:33 | comment | added | Giovanni | @DavidHammen The Falcon 1 failed in most tests. Story similar to the Soviet N1 rocket I would say. | |
| Sep 24, 2020 at 19:16 | comment | added | David Hammen | @GdD The Space Exploration Technologies Corp (aka SpaceX) has succeeded so well because it understands the concept of prototyping, and not just software. The Falcon 1 was retired because it was a prototype. | |
| Sep 24, 2020 at 16:21 | comment | added | David Hammen | @tfb - It goes much further back than that. | |
| Sep 24, 2020 at 16:07 | comment | added | user21103 | @GdD: I think you may be misreading the answer he is arguing that prototyping is good, and the idea of a prototype which you plan to throw away dates back, at least, to The Mythical Man-Month in 1975, long before any idea of 'agile' was invented. | |
| Sep 24, 2020 at 13:27 | comment | added | GdD | I cannot agree with this answer. Prototyping is extremely common in all development methodologies, you are making huge assumptions. You are also pushing agile software development thinking where it doesn't belong. | |
| Sep 24, 2020 at 13:00 | comment | added | Giovanni | Your answer is rather an opinion. Which one is the other prototype you're referring to? | |
| Sep 24, 2020 at 12:44 | history | answered | David Hammen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |