Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design

[athelind]

Mostly for my own reference:

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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design

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While Dr. Akin is an aerospace engineer, most if not all of these Laws apply to systems design in general.

normanrafferty should take particular note of the following:

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14. (Edison's Law) "Better" is the enemy of "good".

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Snagged from theweaselking, whom I forgot to credit when I first posted this.

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Comments

[tombfyre.livejournal.com]

Ha, that was awesome. ^^ Great find chief!

[araquan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much. }:>

[cpxbrex.livejournal.com]

I admit I stopped reading after the first one, hehe. My continuing evolution to reject Platonic forms has reached the point I find it a little absurd the idea that math isn't an opinion. ;)

[athelind.livejournal.com]

...which is really strange to hear after your recent screed about how every school of economics is worthless because they all ignore physical laws.

[cpxbrex.livejournal.com]

I'm not joking when I say that the one has nothing to do with the other. It's not that I reject the utility of mathematics but I reject the idea that mathematical analysis reveals some deeper truth than an opinion formed by non-mathematical reasoning (and the associated fallacy that mathematics represents an objective reality).

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Philosophically, I respect the sophistication of your stand. Pragmatically, please pardon me if I opt not to travel in any spacecraft of your design.

[cpxbrex.livejournal.com]

Since I am not in the spaceship design business, there's little chance of you getting into a ship made by me. I have a friend who is and, quite frankly, I'm not sure I'd get into any spaceship considering how political her office is. ;)