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[–] 69 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This is NOT a real engineering blueprint

That right there is comedy gold.

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I genuinely thought this was someone upset someone had said it was at first. Then the absolute gap in understanding that made that person think someone might actually mistake the picture for one.

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  • [–] 54 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    I kinda wonder what this person thinks people with jobs actually do all day.

    Just kinda goof around, make doodles in your sketch book, you know... engineer stuff.

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  • [–] 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Legit yes. AI boosters really think that.

    They think programmers just type stuff. They think engineers just draw stuff. Mechanics just turn wrenches till stuff works again.

    It's because these people don't know shit about fuck. That's why they think everyone's job can be done by AI. After all, AI can doodle and type and turn wrenches. Unlike their job, which is complex and nuanced.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Unlike their job, which is complex and nuanced.

    I don't think the person who wrote this does anything technical for a living. I think their job is some BS training shit show "we will teach you how to write prompts for LLMs" or something.

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  • [–] [S] 77 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Where should the crew compartment go?

    On the engine, of course! Right above the HEALIZAIE and the FALT.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Where you're always one leak away from being horrifically oxidized or slurped through an engine.

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  • [+] 29 points 8 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I think the really visionary point is that the crew goes inside the engine.

    All these fucking nerd engineers have been putting the crew outside the engine for decades, to the point that some even put the crew on the opposite end of the rocket!

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago

    Aerodynamic drag helps accelerate the rocket up. Got it. And the rocket takes its own oxygen with it, and sucks methane from the air and space. I didnt realise gravity changes direction from top to bottom, then goes sideways (obviously the methane alters gravity). And great idea having the crew compartment in the combustion chamber... must stop the crew from getting cold.

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  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Gravity go up, gravity go down!

    Sometimes I worry about LLMs taking my job, sometimes I don't.

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    As someone who drafts for a living, these drawings are shit and provide absolutely no useful information. This looks like a drawing from a project manager they did on the back if a napkin at lunch which they'd then bring to me and ask me to make actual useful drawing of.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    The crew is gunna get a little hot sitting that close to the raptor engine I think.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago

    The crew is stored in the engine:

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I like he crew quarters being in the path of the methane flow. Makes thing efficient to route the methane through the crew quarters.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    It is non-deterministic.

    This is my biggest gripe with GenAI.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    If only there were some kind automated tool to turn 3d models into orthographic & isometric drawings...

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Name and shame so that we can make fun of him.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Expansion ratio with a 30ft nozzle gotta be insane

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    Damn, didn't realize rockets ran on methane. Just like my stove.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Saturn V first stage ran RP-1, a kerosene fuel like Jet-A or JP8.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yep, they went to the moon on fuel that could also run a truck (if you don't particularly care about still running it next week)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    if you don't particularly care about still running it next week

    Wouldn't RP-1 burn cleaner than run-of-the-mill diesel?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Sure, the burning part isn't the problem.

    Diesel has small amounts of lubricants, and those are very much needed for all the tiny little moving parts in fuel injectors and probably even in the engine itself. RP-1 doesn't have those.

    Also, I know jet fuel will absolutely destroy just about every rubber not specifically designed for it, and that may apply to RP-1 as well.

    Also, starting your rocket fuel car in winter is probably going to be a real chore, since the vaporization point is much higher, and modern cars don't come with preheaters that can handle that anymore (thanks to those fuel injectors).

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    You can laugh all you want. But while youre all here sniffing your own farts. This is happening

    https://youtu.be/6Xx1GXjRbMk

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