[AR] Re: DMLS Chambers WAS Re: Rocket Labs

  • From: Ben Brockert <wikkit@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:24:24 -0400

I hate that phrase. "Good enough" is the standard euphemism for
marginal. "Good enough" is the enemy of reliable.

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Norman Yarvin <yarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rockets don't need "optimum cooling", though. They just need enough
cooling to work. One isn't trying to actually maximize heat transfer,
just to have enough of it so that the chamber walls don't fail.

Quoted for truth - "the best is the enemy of good enough".

D.


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