this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

They really just admitted they didn't know if it was going to work, but they couldn't easily test it, so they decided to send it anyway.

Here's a great video by real engineering about the likely carbon fiber failure mode.

https://youtu.be/6LcGrLnzYuU