A funny list, Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design

Main post link -> http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html

My dad showed this to me yesterday and I thought it was hilarious,

My favorite law is:

"To design a spacecraft right takes an infinite amount of effort. This is why it's a good idea to design them to operate when some things are wrong"

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Comments

My favorite one was "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week." Good read.

Suyeon Khim Staff - 8 years, 5 months ago

I'm a Star Wars fan too! That quote made me think of the Millennium Falcon, which turns out to be your profile pic :)

Calvin Lin Staff - 8 years, 5 months ago

Yeah..."she's the ship that made the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs." LOL

Kristin Dover - 8 years, 5 months ago

Tragically, an important part of our worldview has just been crushed. Light speed travel might look more boring.

Kristin Dover - 8 years, 4 months ago

I bet designing a spacecraft is a little more stressful, harder to test, and trouble shoot than an airplane, or a shoe etc...

Michael Pedersen - 8 years, 5 months ago

Half of everything you hear in a classroom is crap. Education is figuring out which half is which.

This one is my favorite.

Harshit Kapur - 8 years, 4 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$