I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293

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@smartereveryday
@smartereveryday 5 ай бұрын
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@setituptoblowitup
@setituptoblowitup 5 ай бұрын
Teamwork makes the Dream work🇺🇲🗽⚖️
@ventusprime
@ventusprime 5 ай бұрын
2:22 That is how enginers are demoted , That is why EEVblog DAVE ended in a basement :D :D That is how I ended up in the smallest and most difficult office to find in my company :D
@uninteressant2196
@uninteressant2196 5 ай бұрын
SpaceX amount of refill rockets is ridiculous and its beyont time that people other than Thunderfoot or CommonSenseSceptic called this out.
@Atstudiotrev
@Atstudiotrev 5 ай бұрын
Huh?? Jesus! what’s going on here.?!? You nailed it. My name is Trevor, I’m an atheist, and Destin, I’m 100% sure you know what I meant by that. Well done. You never know with the internet, but I say “a hearty a-political well done”. 👍 My comment was a result of the one before, where someone seemed to not “fallow” what the message was, and now I happily see most of us get this. The “Destin”s of the world are how we got to the Moon in the first place. Hopefully our current generation lives up to the old guard’s standards and possibly surpasses.
@livethefuture2492
@livethefuture2492 5 ай бұрын
I have to say you possess amazing communication skills! You are incredibly talented at presenting complex information in not only a fun and humorous way but also bringing deep and thoughtful insight into topics that otherwise people would be hesitant to talk about or even get into. But it's not just Presenting, but also reading the room, reading the body language of the person you are interacting with, listening with an open mind, and ultimately finding that connection with that other person even if you disagree on a range of topics, Even if you have fundamentally different worldviews your ability to find that connection no matter what never ceases to amaze me! I have to say, I'd be proud to see you in a real position of power in the industry. Even if politics isn't your thing, I totally understand. But if it were up to me, I'd absolutely nominate you to be the head of Public Relations or something for NASA. Your Professionalism, candor, skill in communicating effectively and dealing with people from all backgrounds and walks of life are all traits of a great leader. And honestly you are someone who I'd be proud to see in such a role of leadership.
@chrismusaf
@chrismusaf 5 ай бұрын
Destin, I work at NASA-JSC. Several people sent me this today. Your message is being heard. I will say that the redundancy and testing are still there, but Apollo took incredible risks that we cannot afford today. You are 100% spot on re: not relying on technological miracles. Some of the artist concepts make me wonder if all my work is in vain. NOTE: My opinions are my own. I do not speak for NASA.
@lwaldron9745
@lwaldron9745 5 ай бұрын
"... Apollo took incredible risks that we cannot afford today." This attitude is why NASA is a failed agency, crippled by cowardice. I recall the scene in the movie "Apollo 13" where the sniveling creep from Grumman is told, "I guess you'll get to keep your job, then." SpaceX is going places. NASA is a federal jobs boondoggle, not a space-faring agency.
@Robot404_
@Robot404_ 5 ай бұрын
Well, how many rockets will it take?
@mc-zy7ju
@mc-zy7ju 5 ай бұрын
Anyone get the sense Artemis is overly complicated and filled with compromises like the shuttle was?
@JeremyMitts
@JeremyMitts 5 ай бұрын
"Took incredible risks" This sounds like something that is said and repeated. List the risks taken that are too risky today.
@bbgun061
@bbgun061 5 ай бұрын
It's not really that they took risks, but that they ignored them. Then the Apollo 1 fire killed three people. So NASA learned from that, made hundreds of changes to the spacecraft and the procedures. They mitigated the risks. When Apollo 13 suffered an accident, NASA was prepared to deal with it and get them home. NASA forgot those lessons during the shuttle program. They started to ignore risks again. They knew the SRB o-rings were a problem, but went ahead with the launch for political reasons and killed seven people. They knew that foam hitting the wings was a problem, but failed to mitigate it and killed seven more. We don't need to learn these lessons the hard way again. We should choose to learn from past mistakes, get things right, and avoid killing people. We can't just hand wave away problems. The number of launches needed to refuel starship is a problem, but not an insurmountable one. At least SpaceX has demonstrated the ability to reuse a booster more than 15 times. So those launches could theoretically be done with a single rocket. On orbit refueling has yet to be demonstrated. It will have to be practiced a lot before Artemis 3. One thing Destin didn't mention is the FAA. They are delaying SpaceX's test campaign. Of course they have good intentions, because they don't want anyone to get hurt by it. But Artemis can't afford to wait 8 months between Starship tests. The FAA needs to put starship reviews and launch licenses at top priority, so they get done as fast as possible. Starship might be able to launch 100 times on cargo missions before a human ever gets onboard. (The fact that a private company is planning to use the rocket whether NASA does or not is huge paradigm shift.) Despite that, further delays to Artemis are a good sign, because it signals that risks are being dealt with and not ignored. We just want as little delay as possible.
@RacinJacin392
@RacinJacin392 4 ай бұрын
In decades of working in Engineering I've worked with only one engineer that would hand me his design and ask me to tear it apart (a sort of pre-design review - design review). We'd later meet up in a glass walled conference room and discuss it. Often it would get quite animated. I later found out that my coworkers thought we hated one another as they took notice of our sometimes loud discussions. What they didn't know was that after those meetings we would go out to lunch together and yuk it up. In 30 years he was one of the very few engineers that had no ego and instead did whatever it took to make the design better.
@nfj81
@nfj81 4 ай бұрын
That’s a great story. I wish more people were as confident to ask for someone to review and destroy their work to find flaws and make it so much better. I think more people should take that approach since it can lead to different ideas and discoveries. With this approach it forces the designer to put their best effort at the start as opposed to someone who’s overconfident and too certain of themselves.
@Anonymous8317
@Anonymous8317 4 ай бұрын
Awesome, more should be open to criticism.
@DanCornish-wj7wk
@DanCornish-wj7wk 4 ай бұрын
My engineering company has a process where after we make a plan, we are required to call in 3-6 "retired" guys from the company who completely tear apart everything in our plan. I think it's something more companies need to have, it's so incredibly important to have people pick apart and look at every little piece of your plan.
@rcmillen
@rcmillen 4 ай бұрын
I worked one time (one to short of a time) with a engineer like that, great smart guy who died to young
@rexated5148
@rexated5148 4 ай бұрын
Wow brother. That’s next level!
@redroo689
@redroo689 Ай бұрын
Watching this a second time, I remembered what an OHS Consultant told me what a lot of his work entailed. A company with a work injury problem would employ him to suggest problem fixes. He would go to the factory floor, ask the workers what the problem was and if they had any ideas on how to fix it. He would take those fixes, write them up in "Managementese language" and present them with a bill for consultancy. His point was that management's reluctance to accept that workers knew their job better than others, led to a breakdown in communication which hampered problem solving.
@swississue8550
@swississue8550 25 күн бұрын
Greetings ! A very funny story but also a little sad, although the guy could profit from using his talent of communication to directly influence and support the communication between others. Lead by example, This video has been so inspirational for me ! Awesome !
@redroo689
@redroo689 24 күн бұрын
@@swississue8550 This was a conversation from the late 90s but would still apply in many factories today. The point was that top down management would rather pay a consultant than risk relinquishing the power dynamic. I've worked in factories where I was told "You're paid to work! Not to think!" It was an attitude that sent the place into receivership.
@fdssdfsdfs
@fdssdfsdfs 22 күн бұрын
You see that attitude with a lot of professional managers. They want to keep the separation of people who are “in” (managers) and people who are “out” (workers). So they can’t really talk to workers because that would mean they are giving up their power. The same type of manager now wants people to return to office because they have no idea how to evaluate the work of people.
@jimbob-robob
@jimbob-robob 3 күн бұрын
Tell that to Musk...and a whole bunch of (more usually) right wing politicians...
@disky01
@disky01 2 ай бұрын
I am no rocket scientist, but as someone who has spoken up about problems in the workplace only to be fired later, thank you for helping to place a greater sense of value in communication. Not just for those who would speak up, but for those who need to listen.
@allahdoesnotexist3823
@allahdoesnotexist3823 Ай бұрын
Try deodorant
@pastelroswell
@pastelroswell Ай бұрын
​@@allahdoesnotexist3823 troll. Nobody take it seriously.
@clarkecorvo2692
@clarkecorvo2692 Ай бұрын
@@allahdoesnotexist3823 man you are SO FUNNY! HAHA. cringelord. 🤦‍♂
@GeekGamer666
@GeekGamer666 29 күн бұрын
Well said. I know it's a crappy experience but you should be proud because not everyone has the courage to do so.
@kevindorland738
@kevindorland738 25 күн бұрын
Worked for corporate America, 40 years. Corporate America is rarely concerned about money.
@lisawyzard4122
@lisawyzard4122 5 ай бұрын
Destin, you say you were scared, but the importance of the message dictated you speak up. You prepared, you read manuals and reviewed other materials, you interviewed people who knew what happened in the past -- and held on tight to your courage and conviction -- and gave a presentation that hundreds of thousands of people are excited to see! Win-win-win all around. So proud of you!
@shsbandmom2010
@shsbandmom2010 5 ай бұрын
Scared, but still talking the facts..I believe it's called courage.
@k53847
@k53847 5 ай бұрын
What he didn't says is that if you are going to use a Starship derivative to land on the moon there is no reason to have SLS/Orion involved on that mission, use a Dragon capsule to deliver them to the HLS vehicle in earth orbit. A fully refueled HLS can get then to and from earth orbit. The >billion dollar SLS launcher can be used for other missions where it accomplishes something useful, like a deep space mission.
@mcamp9445
@mcamp9445 5 ай бұрын
@@k53847gos doesn’t have the range to get to and land on the moon and return to leo
@jrc1606
@jrc1606 5 ай бұрын
@@k53847 That's incredibly simplifying how complex Orion is. Real life isn't Kerbal Space Program you know. Starship HLS is designed to be very barebones and can currently only fit TWO people. It can't even return back to LEO.
@carlsoll
@carlsoll 5 ай бұрын
Seriously good work, great performance! In your element Destin 😑👌 You can just tell, like you said @lisawyzard4122
@krzysztofbzdyk7267
@krzysztofbzdyk7267 5 ай бұрын
I was a former engineer on the Orion propulsion system working on Artemis-1, 2 and 3. All the folk in our branch used to always joke that Orion was always two years from launching but I don't think it ever really clicked for us just how big of a communication issue was going on, I realize now that a lot of us were just so compartmentalized in our work and not actually seeing the bigger picture of what we were trying to do. So thank you for getting this out into the open Destin. It's important for us to be getting that negative feedback so we can achieve more and be better engineers.
@petergerdes1094
@petergerdes1094 5 ай бұрын
Of course the people in management realize this. It's a feature not a bug. The politicians funding you look bad if you announce you'll need several times more funding or several decades to get to the moon this way (and their political goals forbid cheaper alternatives). So the top people make sure the schedule says soon and just keeps slipping.
@yeboscrebo4451
@yeboscrebo4451 5 ай бұрын
Nice to see somebody admit it
@jasonjenkins5857
@jasonjenkins5857 5 ай бұрын
We have never been to the moon. Stop lying to people. People are waking up. NASA is a joke.
@jakewillits4678
@jakewillits4678 5 ай бұрын
Or also it exposes how if a thing slips so under our control think about the problems infront that may happen after the mission is halfway through that we wont even knkw wouldve been a problem until we got to the spot where it was harder to solve problems. Its a lot ahrder to solve the problems here before they arise when theyre om the dark side of the moon but its not easy to catch all these problems. If theres already schedualing issues at a minimum.
@spleisher
@spleisher 5 ай бұрын
SLS - the “Someday Launch System” 😂
@scotthulslander3409
@scotthulslander3409 Ай бұрын
I worked as a bicycle mechanic for almost a decade and the guy I first trained under was honestly the best within a 200 mile radius of our shop. He still had me test ride and give feedback on every bike he worked on after he deemed the repair complete. If I thought something was off he would address it and explain to me either how/why he had failed to catch what was causing the particular issue or explain why what I had noticed was within acceptable parameters for that particular work order. There was never any negative emotions associated with feedback. We would always check each other's work and took pride in collectively doing the best job we could possibly do. That experience taught me so much on what I wanted my working relationships to look like. It doesn't matter how good you are as an individual, you will always be best as a collective with a unified goal. That only works, though, if you're humble enough to say "Hey, new guy. Tell me what you think about this"
@wolfyblackknight8321
@wolfyblackknight8321 7 күн бұрын
i've worked with a buddy of mine on some I.T. projects and some other pet projects of ours as a beta tester for games and programming, and thankfully he's a pretty chill and mellow guy so the most issue we had with feedback was the occasional use of slang leading to a misunderstanding in communication. granted we are on opposite sides of the planet so we cant exactly see the other test or all the design documents but its good to have someone test check blind spots and verify things without having hurt feelings. it reminds me of when I worked with my math tutor we both did the same problem and got different results and neither of us was arrogant about it, and even had a bit of a laugh when I explained part of my uncertainty in my answer was "I mean one of us must of made a mistake and I've only been doing this for maybe a couple of weeks so I'm no so confident that I can say clearly YOU made a mistake" we both made mistakes occasionally working on the math problems and we always just did the smartest option of going back through the problem bit by bit line by line and finding where we went off track. humility and a willingness to admit mistakes is very important as is clear communication on the subject material.
@howardc.anderson6577
@howardc.anderson6577 16 күн бұрын
I am impressed with your brilliance! I worked in SPACETRACK in the 60's. Software guy. Philco 2000 in assembly language tracking satellites. No core protection. Updates often done by installing "octal patches" instead of recompiling. When I arrived in 65, they were still talking about the octal patch that set off the "bomb alarms" at SAC HQ. SAC scrambled... Afterwards, a three-star from SAC was roaming the NORAD hallways shouting: "You mean to tell me a civilian scrambled SAC? I don't even have authority to scramble SAC!" If possible, do testing in a non-live environment... 🙂
@Yokovich_
@Yokovich_ 5 ай бұрын
NASA Scientists hate this one weird trick...
@TJ-W
@TJ-W 5 ай бұрын
Haiyaa
@AlbySilly
@AlbySilly 5 ай бұрын
​@@kunalarora9116I'm sorry to hear that
@setituptoblowitup
@setituptoblowitup 5 ай бұрын
What is that?
@notahotshot
@notahotshot 5 ай бұрын
NASA space exploration gone wrong!
@ball56
@ball56 5 ай бұрын
​@@kunalarora9116what she commented? Your home address and full legal name?
@m.a.6478
@m.a.6478 5 ай бұрын
My experience as an engineer is that there is a communication blockade at middle management. I call this the "impermeable layer" inside a company. It is a combination of the fear of embarrassment and fear of loss of power. To overcome this problem, engineers need to learn to communicate themselves. If you are kicked out of a project for talking the truth, you probably wouldn't like to be part of it.
@Yosser70
@Yosser70 5 ай бұрын
Exactly! One of the reasons SpaceX works so quickly and successfully, is that they have people from different departments and different management levels working together. It stops one department doing a load of work on something, only to find when they pass to the next department, what they were working on isn’t viable or affordable.
@cosmic_gate476
@cosmic_gate476 5 ай бұрын
It's the layer above your reporting manager (usually a principal staff engineer who transitioned into management) where things start to appear...rather beaurocratic let's say 😅
@ExploratoryResearch
@ExploratoryResearch 5 ай бұрын
It sounds good saying that, but it boils down to "Just get fired bro", not so easy when of you're wrong, which you may be, your family is going to be without an income, you can lose your house. It puts the burden on the employee who depends on the job. The emphasis should all be on managers listening, as if they do that the cost to them is 0.
@happydawg2663
@happydawg2663 5 ай бұрын
Exactly. Think of the engineer who talked about the problems with Ocean Gate, and got fired.
@HostageAsker
@HostageAsker 5 ай бұрын
This is how it is everywhere. It’s a business professional problem. Childish, really. You’re absolutely right about being kicked off, too. You wouldn’t like the project, team, or both. Professional management power-plays and shutting down others because of embarrassments or whatever it may be is wrong and could cost companies MORE money. If your ego takes precedence over the team’s goals, you should be exited from the project.
@jm8080ful
@jm8080ful Ай бұрын
not accepting negative feedback is what made a certain CEO a literall paste for fish to eat near the wreckage of the Titanic
@ijarbis187
@ijarbis187 Ай бұрын
I’m work in aerospace engineering and I can tell you straight up that almost anytime I’ve encountered any failure with design, testing, manufacturing, etc. it ultimately ended up being a communication issue. It’s always extremely frustrating because it’s the most avoidable type of issue in hindsight.
@DetonaVideos
@DetonaVideos 5 ай бұрын
Destin, I work as a researcher at Purdue University, alma mater of Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee. The focus of my research is in space mission architectures. Multiple people (from my lab) sent me your video this week. Rest assured that, in academia, your words will also be used to carry out more in-depth investigations about the impact of the Artemis decisions and alternatives for future missions. Thank you for your bold presentation.
@alfiehawes2412
@alfiehawes2412 5 ай бұрын
Hey! Really random I know, but is there anywhere I can find out some more about what you do? I’m really curious 😂
@user-ng8iv6fh6b
@user-ng8iv6fh6b 5 ай бұрын
Seems Destin just wants up to go back to the 1960's especially with his hypergolic fuel comment. Hypergolic are not efficient Toxic and difficult to handle and we are innovating with starship seems like yall just want another SatV and Apollo with 0 innovation
@user-cn6df6jn4v
@user-cn6df6jn4v 5 ай бұрын
It just blew.
@bv1970
@bv1970 5 ай бұрын
​@@user-ng8iv6fh6b And what exactly is wrong with backup alternative, however not efficient and toxic it may be? Innovation - sure! But if I was in that rocket and all innovation blows up (and it does for whatever reason more often than you think) I would love to have some 0 innovation, not efficient toxic, difficult to handle hypergolic fuel on board to save my a**
@user-ng8iv6fh6b
@user-ng8iv6fh6b 5 ай бұрын
@@bv1970 Lol bro what do you mean blow up? Falcon 9 is the safest rocket to exist on earth with a turn around time of just 5 days for a relaunch of a F9 booster. How much safer will a Starship be after all of the protypes are finished there. Starship will be like landing house on the Moon remember we are going back to the moon to stay and build actual bases on the moon there will be many starships landed on the moon before they send actual humans bro. Space X has the best Aerospace engineers in the world bud i think they know whatthey are doing
@paulallen8597
@paulallen8597 4 ай бұрын
I'm an engineer. I have 40 years under my belt. Every single engineering problem in every single company I've worked for, especially the government (who I work for now) had its root cause in the lack of communication. It's always bothered me, I've always spoken out about it, and I've been fired because I called out some executives for their lack of it. What you've pointed out here is 100% correct, and I hope they all listened. FWIW, my uncle, the man who got me interested in engineering at age 9, worked on the Apollo program. It's a small world.
@you2tooyou2too
@you2tooyou2too 3 ай бұрын
They might have all listened, but that does not help them ride that different bike, and 99% of them will give up trying after the first few falls, much less the months it took you without your job on the line. ;-) PS, did you try crossing your arms and putting your hands on the 'wrong' hand-grip? (I think it might be easier to learn that way.)
@paulallen8597
@paulallen8597 3 ай бұрын
@@you2tooyou2too The problem with that is you don't get the arm extension and movement you need for good control. This reminds me of the first time I rode a three-wheeler after years of rising a motorcycle. I almost ran into a wall because I tried to steer it like a motorcycle.
@johnmoser3594
@johnmoser3594 3 ай бұрын
As an engineer, getting fired is part of the cost of doing your job. No matter what, you have to hold the safety and general health of the public paramount. Bad engineering kills people-chemical engineers can kill people, computer engineers can kill people, mechanical engineers can DEFINITELY kill people-and those problems you raised are the source of bad engineering. You did the right thing.
@paulallen8597
@paulallen8597 3 ай бұрын
@johnmoser3594 I was fired from my last job for fixing issues I found with my boss' code. It was a good thing though, as the result was a new job with a better contractor, two tiers higher, with a significant increase in pay. As well, my old boss and the director were demoted, other's fired, and I believe the company fined.
@whendarknessfalls6969
@whendarknessfalls6969 3 ай бұрын
Does he remember how they made the radiation shields for the Van Allen belt? The Artemis mission needs it
@kimhall493
@kimhall493 6 күн бұрын
I'm a 76 year old grandma. I loved this video. You have such amazing thought processes and my curiosity is similar to yours. I'm always asking myself: How did they do that? How does that work? Why did they change it? Can I try it? Thank you for this video. I watched the one on your eclipse photos first. That was so much fun, as at the age of 76 I saw my first eclipse ever, and it was a total eclipse. As an amateur photographer I wanted to see your equipment and was amazed at your results. I am no mathematician, nor an engineer, I am a grade school to college teacher. I ended up teaching medical terminology to nursing students. YOU are amazing! Thank you for giving my curiosity a shot in the arm!
@JBradStuart
@JBradStuart 2 ай бұрын
I'm sure this is a comment that will be lost in a sea of comments, but you indicated that you'd like to hear what we say so here goes. There should be someone to say something like this at every major project kick-off. I recently retired after a 35-year career with a major defense contractor, and I second you thoughts. The largest, most costly, and easiest to fix problem that I saw was over-engineering. I found out early in my career that if you are fighting to make a design work, it's probably the wrong one. Instead of forcing it to work, back off and rethink the design before you commit too much to it. The right design is almost always elegantly simple, easy to extend, and easy to fix. One of the problems I saw was a tendency to be on the bleeding-edge of technology. Engineers anxious to use the latest shiny toy without asking if it was the right thing to do. Enjoying you channel!
@on0er0il0he0el
@on0er0il0he0el 5 ай бұрын
This talk is so meta… Destin is giving the audience a rundown of how his talks work, while he’s giving a talk to them. Awesome. On so many levels.
@numbereightyseven
@numbereightyseven 5 ай бұрын
Not the point, though.
@Litepaw
@Litepaw 5 ай бұрын
​@@numbereightysevenOfc it's not the point, just a really cool observation.
@Scp716creativecommons
@Scp716creativecommons 5 ай бұрын
Did you catch the machiavellian aforethought as a fisher of politicians, demonstrating his acumen in the field? Me thinks an office could be getting the eye
@eugenesalvatore5769
@eugenesalvatore5769 25 күн бұрын
Someone had to say it ! Thank you
@brobsonmontey
@brobsonmontey 5 ай бұрын
I love how the video timeline, described from 14:30, actually describes the presentation. That the presentation started with personality & low complexity, then ramped up the complexity and lowered the personality, and finished with a return to high personality & low complexity. Destin actually modelled the behaviour in his presentation to NASA.
@Greg-px2sc
@Greg-px2sc 5 ай бұрын
Yes, that was brilliant and especially for *this* presentation. It really forced the audience to engage at multiple levels.
@weakw1ll
@weakw1ll 5 ай бұрын
Otaaaay
@eceflyboy
@eceflyboy 5 ай бұрын
That was the most meta part about his presentation, great presentation that described his presentation to talk about his presentation.
@Case_
@Case_ 4 ай бұрын
The moment he showed that in the presentation, it was very clear that's how the presentation itself is going to go.
@dallassegno
@dallassegno 8 күн бұрын
22:00
@alainculos9294
@alainculos9294 Ай бұрын
Short version: wow, this is an incredibly good talk! Full version: This talk is a masterclass not only in communication (know your topic, know your audience, establish rapport, get to the point), it is also inspiring (makes a strong case to invite action), entertaining (keeps the audience engaged), educational (backs up claims with demonstrable knowledge and experience), journalistic (quotes relevant sources) and scientific (shows experiments to demonstrate points). The smarter every day series is a great series, this talk is several notches up again. I would be tempted to suggest to simplify it for more impact, but I think any simplification would cause the loss of a key point. I am scared to think about the amount of work that must have gone into its preparation. Fantastic.
@jds06
@jds06 Ай бұрын
I saw your face pop up on thunderfoot and was scared for a second. I'm so glad that you were able to articulate these things in such a way to get such high praise. Keep up the amazing work!
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
I doubt he likes to be associated with Philip I like to burn books E. Mason
@Wingedshadowwolf
@Wingedshadowwolf Ай бұрын
lol same!
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
Philip I like to burn book E. Mason is not someone whom you want to seek approval from. He is no better than people he criticised.
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
@@Wingedshadowwolf Thunderf00T is not someone with much credibility , though. His approval might be more of a scarlet letter.
@xyzbesixdouze
@xyzbesixdouze Ай бұрын
If Thunderf00t is criticism, grounded or not... why are you scared of it, while the whole purpose of this video is to convince engineers that the feedbackloop that enables selfregulation doesn't work with only positive feedback. The only reasonable fear would be that you loose your (political) piggybank because of criticism reaching the general public, and you are only on the project to benefit from stuff you learn on sideprojects. Ie. your maingoal was/is never your maingoal to achieve. Destin never revisitted these issues, while polishing up the hard work at Nasa with his next video's. The most ethical goal left to do, would be to figure out at what point it's optimal to (public) fail the maingoal, and save the science from the bonfire.
@10kmilesy
@10kmilesy 5 ай бұрын
I wasn't expecting to watch a whole 1-hour lecture, yet you managed to keep me thoroughly engaged. Hope you really made a difference back there
@nickcaudilleatstruth
@nickcaudilleatstruth 5 ай бұрын
Same here
@mattd03411
@mattd03411 5 ай бұрын
Same here also. Really made points we should all take into consideration.
@DF-eg8vl
@DF-eg8vl 5 ай бұрын
He is a very good KZfaqr.
@mythrapi73
@mythrapi73 5 ай бұрын
you have a lot more patience than me...I only lasted about One minute it appeared to me to be just Click Bait Plus I noticed he's begging for patreon bucks as well and if he's just a click bait patrean begger why would NASA care what he has to say,..cuz I sure don't
@izzylazuardyliyas8930
@izzylazuardyliyas8930 5 ай бұрын
same here!
@dukhntr21
@dukhntr21 5 ай бұрын
Destin, I’m a 43 yr old principal data engineer in Huntsville. I’ve followed your channel for a little over 2 years, and this was the best video I’ve seen. My mom works on the ARTEMIS program as well. I’ve worked with everything from an IT side, but I couldn’t believe how much a lot of your logic tied into the same problems we have. Just here I’ve worked RDEC, LOGSA, MDA. If you ever have a few minutes to talk, let me know!. BYW, the tractor pull video and the metal stamping video were some of the best I’ve seen.
@fuzzyhead878
@fuzzyhead878 5 ай бұрын
The tractor pull video was fantastic. Tell your mom I appreciate her and her colleague’s efforts, and that I’m rooting for y’all. And I’m not just saying that because I have a soft spot for Huntsville!
@blakerh
@blakerh 5 ай бұрын
Tell your mom that I am really looking forward to Moon mission! I wasn't alive for the Apollo missions and I have dreamed of the day when we return! I hooe it is soon!
@SumGuyLovesVideos
@SumGuyLovesVideos 5 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the collab / interview / video that is the follow up to this comment!
@dukhntr21
@dukhntr21 5 ай бұрын
@@blakerh thank you! Will do!
@guybennett3569
@guybennett3569 6 күн бұрын
You are an incredibly compelling individual. At the beginning of your talkie - talk presentation I was tense, my body was tense, my brain was tense. I'm 72 yrs. old. A gov. accredited chemist. Cockpit qualified ex- military, hard core. You had me on the edge of my seat with your style. You said alot, very inspirational. Thank- you
@frankthomsen7678
@frankthomsen7678 Ай бұрын
Destin, I am a dad and I took great inspiration from what I think is the most important point and conveyed it to my two teenage sons. Criticism is GOOD (cosntructive), asking questions is really good GOOD, and not being afraid of risking the consequencse to stand up for your assessment of a qualified gut feeling that something is off - or plain wrong - is best - I am glad you didn't chicken out on this one and I am particularly glad I could use this as a constructive example to show what I mean when I tell my kids: You gotta speak up, ot no one will know!
@jsclayton
@jsclayton 5 ай бұрын
I’m not engineering literal life and death systems for a living, but as a software engineer this really resonated. I think this may be the single smartest thing I’ve ever watched on KZfaq. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud!
@dittilio
@dittilio 5 ай бұрын
Absolutely. Destin has voiced something that has been plaguing me for years, and he's done it so well. I really hope he follows it up with another shorter video based on his typical template, because so many more people need to appreciate it. I've worked in nuclear, payments, insurance, telecommunications, medical, and half a dozen other domains. The communication issue persists across technical, non-technical, executives and general staff, in government, academia, and every form of business new and established. Some ways I've tried to make my point (though I'm going to steal from Destin in the future!): * Shout to the cheap seats. You make a system change? You make sure every stakeholder far and wide can understand as easily as possible whether it affects them. * Siloes are made to be emptied, their contents transferred. Don't sit on information, or questions, or concerns, it's just going to rot. Don't let your pride, or fear, or uncertainty, spoil the entire silo.
@BassByTheBay
@BassByTheBay 5 ай бұрын
After 25 years in software, I've experienced the exact things Destin described. It's far too common for there to be simple communication failures, and there are too many organizations where they're more concerned with maintaining the hierarchy and status quo than they are with knowing the truth. It can be very frustrating. Companies are like complex systems; if one thing is wrong, it can have a significant impact on the system as a whole. I've sat in too many meetings where I knew the topic (or the people) was problematic in some way. Unfortunately, even when you speak the truth, there are occasions where powerful people don't want to hear it, and then all you can do is watch the system slowly fail. I really hope the people at NASA took Destin's words to heart.
@B20C0
@B20C0 5 ай бұрын
I'm also a software engineer, but to be honest, I think KISS (which is part of what Destin pleads for) is way more entrenched in software engineering than it is in mechanical engineering. This is probably due to the fact that most if not all of the software we write has to be mathematically correct, meaning we have to be able to prove the correctness of every function we write, which in turn results in as little complexity on the individual function level as possible, because we have to understand it to perfect it (leaving aside ML which in my opinion is whole other topic). Mathematical perfection cannot be achieved in real life engineering. This is due to the fact that there's indefinitely more variables in real life systems (for example worksmanship, material quality, environmental factors etc.) than there is in computer systems. This leads to engineers having to pick their battles because accounting for everything is impossible anyways and this is where things can go wrong. Because sometimes this focus on specific aspects turns into obsession so that resetting the focus or reevaluating the problem goes out of the window. It's hard to stress enough how neccessary a fresh perspective can be in these kinds of situations.
@BassByTheBay
@BassByTheBay 5 ай бұрын
@@B20C0 _"...most if not all of the software we write has to be mathematically correct, meaning we have to be able to prove the correctness of every function we write"_ Where do you work?! 😳 Ok, I'm kinda poking fun, but what do you mean by "prove the correctness"? If you're just talking about writing tests, I've seen the exact scenario Destin described on numerous occasions, i.e., if the test doesn't pass, delete/change the test. The real problem is that we're often chasing some arbitrary (i.e., not truly necessary) deadline, so as we scramble to meet it, we often cut corners instead of pushing back and saying, "We can't safely do what you're asking by the date you're asking." It's the famous triangle of time, scope, and cost. Funny how famous that triangle is yet how often it's ignored.
@matthewegeler
@matthewegeler 5 ай бұрын
Destin out here taking social risks for other people's physical risks. What a legend.
@mrsasshole
@mrsasshole 5 ай бұрын
This seems a bit unfair. Most of us have careers that we've worked very, very hard to build. Very few in the engineering world (be it hardware, software, etc) have been in situations where there was a difficult political element to improving the product. Some step up and carefully do the right thing, others play it safe and stay quiet. Destin did the former. I sincerely doubt he would ever equate the risk he's taking with those of our astronauts. Going to guess you're having a bad morning.
@jaredf6205
@jaredf6205 5 ай бұрын
I’m so proud of him. His talk may have worked already. The US government accountability office announced a few days ago that Artemis 3 is likely to be delayed a few years mainly because of the exact issues he mentioned, the HLS refueling issue.
@ChatGPT1111
@ChatGPT1111 5 ай бұрын
It almost seems to me, that with this magnitude of incompetence, that the powers that be just don't care. They know they have so many problems, that no one person thinks they can or actually can turn it around. I worked at KSC during the early phases of this program and heard even non-technical people for one of the major contractors talking about these issues all the time, BUT, they were not on the design team, did not have the ear of the program manager, too far away from NASA HQ and were too late in the stack process to be taken seriously. In other words, it was all ignored common sense.
@ewmegoolies
@ewmegoolies 5 ай бұрын
☝This comment is what I came here to say
@leonardticsay8046
@leonardticsay8046 5 ай бұрын
More people need to be brave like Destin. Competent and courageous just like him.
@cranelord
@cranelord Ай бұрын
Whenever I see something in a government agency that is more complex or complicated than it needs to be ill ask myself "who benefits financially from it being this way"?
@jgcondron
@jgcondron Ай бұрын
SpaceX
@lazarus2691
@lazarus2691 Ай бұрын
@@jgcondron Ah yes, SpaceX, the company with a fixed price contract (I.E no re-negotiating for more) worth $3 billion are definitely the main beneficiary here. It's definitely not Boeing and Lockheed who have so far gotten about $25 billion *each* from NASA, and continue to get a combined $4 billion for each year Artemis drags on.
@gas33z
@gas33z Ай бұрын
@@lazarus2691 Of course SpaceX stands to benefit, because once the project deadlines inevitably slip they will almost certainly get a renewed/new contract due to the revolving door they already have in place between them and the agency responsible for granting their contracts. Don't let your veneration of SpaceX cause you to ignore the obvious.
@lazarus2691
@lazarus2691 Ай бұрын
​@@gas33z SpaceX have been working with NASA for 18 years now. In all that time they've never once renegotiated the price of a contract after signing it. When they went over budget on Crew Dragon they ate the loss, rather than asking NASA for additional funds. (Unlike Boeing with Starliner). Maybe this time will turn out the exception. Or maybe not. I don't know. But neither do you, so you saying they're the ones benefiting when they haven't yet done so, and may never, is pure conjecture on your behalf. At least I have historical precedent on my side.
@Cymande82
@Cymande82 26 күн бұрын
@lazarus2691 So the scammers that has worked for NASA for 18 years and delivered nothing and spent billions of taxpayer money are to be lauded for not scamming more money than they have? Very weird sentiment.
@georgesos
@georgesos Ай бұрын
U just got boosted by thundef00t my man. Bravo for speaking out.
@xLunday
@xLunday Ай бұрын
I watch Destin when he pops up in my feed but I didn't remember seeing this video until Thunderf00t released his the other day giving Destin Kudos for saying what we're all thinking. A lot of people can't hear Thunderf00t 's message because of his approach to a topic but Destin did this brilliantly. He insulted almost everyone in the room and got away with it because everything he said was true and he laid it out in plain and simple language. They know there are major problems with the current Artemis mission plans (and they know he knows they know it). The million dollar question is, what are they going to do about it?
@mcbrite
@mcbrite Ай бұрын
Not the best boast, in my eyes... I don't find his approach scientific... He arrives to each video knowing he'll tear it down to the best of his ability... He really doesn't ADD anything ever... And a lot of the stuff he says is just blatantly wrong or half-truths... - In my opinion he could be a WAY better channel...
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
Boosted? More like Philip I like to burn books Mason is just clout chasing on a far more successful creator with actual credibility . Destin have milli0n more view and follower than that hack who calls himself thundef00t .
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
@@xLunday Unlike Philip Mason who lies and misrepresent data to further his views, Destin is a person with credibility .
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
Boosted? Destin have millions more view and follower than that hack who calls himself thundef00t . More like Philip "I like to burn books" Mason is just Clout Chasing on a far more successful creator with actual credibility .
@reytus
@reytus 5 ай бұрын
Your Dad must be so proud sitting in the room watching you do this! You are awesome Destin!
@PaulSinnema
@PaulSinnema 5 ай бұрын
This is not a condescending talk, this is a pep talk. It is incredible how you communicate your message. "If you loose your job because of the hard questions you ask, good for you!'. That is tough but the truth. If you don't ask the hard questions people are going to die. A strong message indeed. Thank you Destin as always, a very good video and a brilliant talk.
@crystalfire6677
@crystalfire6677 5 ай бұрын
I hope there is a change in the organisational structure that can work instead of good people taking personal risk for the program.
@DESOUSAB
@DESOUSAB 5 ай бұрын
Losing your job based on principle will follow you all of your life. If you keep a job, but abandon your principles, this will also follow you all your life. Being followed by your demons is not how you want to live life...
@AV036
@AV036 5 ай бұрын
​ @crystalfire6677 Are you smarter than a fifth grader, nasa's big risk... Admitting china and India use contradictory Moon cgi.? Stage production Nasa only sends a monkeys mind into space with Dunning Kruger's who corroborate their cgi BS.
@0neIntangible
@0neIntangible 5 ай бұрын
At least it's on the record as being put forth.
@PaulSinnema
@PaulSinnema 5 ай бұрын
@@DESOUSAB Yeah right, imagine you hesitated to argue a problem and in the end it took a life, man that would be devastating for your life as well. Be honest and fight mishaps even if means loosing your job.
@4llemand
@4llemand Ай бұрын
Made it here from Thunderf00t's new video and... Really glad I did. Thanks for the talk.
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
You should stop watching Thunderf00t.
@Mallchad
@Mallchad Ай бұрын
@@remliqa Nice thought experiment channel. Halfway between braindead and educational. I learnt the hard way to only ever watch that channel by accident, not regularly.
@tommy605
@tommy605 Ай бұрын
@@remliqa Not a chance. Tf00t is awesome. When I see people who cut him down, they're usually musk fanboys or religious people. In other words. Ppl to ignore their opinions
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
@@tommy605The guys is a hypocrite who is bad as the people he criticises. Scott Manley despises him and probably Destin too if he knows him. He cherry picks data and literally spread misinformation to criticize field he have zero expertise in such as his hate boner for NASA, battery and EV tech and of course everyone favourite lolcow, Elon Musk' venture . Many of his video on those topic were embarrassingly bad and have been debunked by more reputable channel such as Engineering Explained .Remember when he accused a Nobel laureate of being a fraud? Or when he think people store hydrogen in it liquid form for HFEV an small scale storage? Or him lying about Space X, there are many of of those oops moments. Even when he is given easy target such as the EM drive or Chernobyl series inaccuracies, his penchant for arguing in bad faith ensures that he missed the mark on them. His lack of integrity is why he doesn't deserve the praise his fans lauded on him.
@remliqa
@remliqa Ай бұрын
@@tommy605I seems my previous takedown of Phillip E. Mason got yeeted by youtube for unknown reasons , again. Let repost it into multiple chunks to see what words triggered the yeet algorithm.
@fr57ujf
@fr57ujf 2 ай бұрын
Using Starship as the lander is absurd. At least 16 launches, refueling in orbit without pumps, and a tall lander with a high center of gravity and a small footprint that will land on an unprepared site. Just idiotic.
@yassassin6425
@yassassin6425 2 ай бұрын
I have also cast my aspersions on the tall conical shape of the HLS in comparison to the ostensibly squat spread of the Lunar Module. My assumption is that the COG is a lot lower than one would assume.
@spartancanuck
@spartancanuck 8 күн бұрын
​@@yassassin6425 Eh. The payload is going to be up high on HLS (at least 30m off the ground according to SpaceX renderings), and the lower portion is apparently taken up by tankage designed around it being its own upper stage when it launches to LEO. Unless those tanks are weirdly full on the lunar surface, or there's a bunch of ballast in there, it probably isn't a lot lower. The payload is (also according to SpaceX renderings) supposed to be lowered by a winch/elevator down the outside of the craft.
@dallassegno
@dallassegno 8 күн бұрын
22:00 sinep image.
@brettloveday
@brettloveday 5 ай бұрын
Destin, this is by far my most favorite of all your videos I have ever seen. I have new level of respect of you after watching this. I enjoyed every second. For those that did not spot it. This was a Masterclass in asking very hard questions in a gentle way. You expertly framed it as a communications issue with no finger pointing. I have been a consultant in strategic IT solutions for more years than I would like to confess and asking these sorts of hard questions, without offending, is not an easy thing to do. It was so brave of you to stand up in front these people and say the things you did! One thing I have learnt over the years is that keep things simple and "if you think it, say it". Don’t be afraid. Great Job!
@qwerty4324ify
@qwerty4324ify 5 ай бұрын
Agree with you. There are many hard technical problems, but pretty quickly the challenges start getting hard because of the exponential complexity of the system and the number or people involved. There is a reason that KISS is a real rule, and if you don't follow it you'll be the last S. There's inspiring (you don't need to do), there's leading (you should also be able to do), and there's communicating (which feels like it's preventing you from doing) and all of them are needed to solve big problems. I really was amazed by how well Dustin brought the audience in, established himself, amazed them, then shamed them, and built them back up. That takes skill (comes with experience I guess). They should be scared, they are sending people into space and spending billions of $, but they should be proud too!
@gyrogearloose1345
@gyrogearloose1345 5 ай бұрын
Well said my friend! Destin made a very powerful presentation. I wonder how many of those present have now read document SP287 "What made Apollo a success" ?
@dallassegno
@dallassegno 8 күн бұрын
I'm just impressed there's a sinep image at 22:00
@swatzun
@swatzun 3 ай бұрын
This reminds me of Feyman's take on the Challenger disaster: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
@tobyw9573
@tobyw9573 Ай бұрын
I had a general chemistry lecture series in college given by a man who was a great fan of Feynman. His explanation of the scientific method has stood me in great stead in the 50 years since, in particular in being struck by all the unscientific offenses made in the climate controversy! Feynman's friend the late Freeman Dyson has spoken well on the climate and is well worth reading. He is a man of great depth and breadth of knowledge and experience and puts his points well. His books are available through the usual outlets and used book stores. Even if you are weak in physics.
@mrosskne
@mrosskne 29 күн бұрын
​@@tobyw9573what was his explanation?
@cognitiveinstinct2929
@cognitiveinstinct2929 4 күн бұрын
My feedback as an enthusiast that also works as an engineer in similar industries: 1) I don't think just returning is the mission. We want to establish capability to do more. 2) The refueling trips do not require people, can be done in advance of launching the HLS, and the number needed fluctuates based on how much you want to bring back from the lunar surface. 3) Theres no addressing of how the compulsion to include as many different companies as possible into the project has added to mission complexity and cost. Though I do think you point out the very obvious things that they need to take away 1) We're not ready 2) Test test test 3) The plan sucks
@deonmo1963
@deonmo1963 2 күн бұрын
One of my own phrases when I worked as a missile seeker head test technician was: "If you intend to redesign the wheel speak to those who have worked on the wheel before". This was one of the lessons of this video. Absolutely brilliant video...
@ka-uy8yh
@ka-uy8yh 5 ай бұрын
i just watched a 1 hour talk. and it felt like 5 minutes, not once was i bored or got lost in the words, incredible
@British89
@British89 5 ай бұрын
you are right, I had no idea the video were that long until I saw this comment, It felt more like the standard 20 - 30 minute video.
@remiranda
@remiranda 5 ай бұрын
Me too, Destin is incredible
@elijanzen4015
@elijanzen4015 5 ай бұрын
I almost didn't watch it because of how long it was, but I 100% agree. It did not feel like an hour, nor was I bored at any moment during it. Destin is an incredible speaker and this was a great video.
@sids73
@sids73 5 ай бұрын
Same here. I hesitated in the beginning because I saw that it was about an hour long. And it felt like it was over too soon and kept me longing for more! brilliant.
@williamdunlap5504
@williamdunlap5504 5 ай бұрын
As a former Quality engineer for a supplier for the Artemis program, this brings a lot of clarity to some of the issues we ran into. This is definitely my favorite SED video.
@oldNavyJZ
@oldNavyJZ Ай бұрын
I worked for Brocade Networks and CEO Llyod Carney started a cultural shift called "Straight Talk". It is exactly what it sounds like, not being afraid to say "this is a bad idea". It isn't a license to lose manners, but it is a way to ensure a workplace where it is okay to speak up.
@anthonyregets6822
@anthonyregets6822 28 күн бұрын
My favorite part of this talk is how every time you say "...that's very interesting!" you can replace it with "...that's very stupid". I think all of your audience knew that. You say that preparing for this speech was humbling for you. I think most of your audience left that day more humbled than you were. Great job on this
@josueparedes530
@josueparedes530 5 ай бұрын
I love the Destin managed to get his dad at least 2 maybe 3 rounds of applause for his dad from some of the greatest minds in aerospace just by saying "this is my dad' 😂
@zequilomogamer
@zequilomogamer 5 ай бұрын
His dad has more "NASA experience" than most of that room lol
@ohsweetmystery
@ohsweetmystery 5 ай бұрын
@@zequilomogamer'Greatest minds in aerospace' no longer impresses anyone smart. NASA has been politically and socially corrupted for decades now.
@angrypotato_fz
@angrypotato_fz 5 ай бұрын
Also it's just beautiful and respectable to see them having such a good father-son relationship :)
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 5 ай бұрын
It's almost like that Spongebob scene where Spongebob appears on stage for a second and everyone applauds.
@miked-ec9jn
@miked-ec9jn 5 ай бұрын
I know , so very cool !
@charliemhz
@charliemhz 5 ай бұрын
Didn't expect myself to go through the whole hour-long video, but man was your talk captivating! The way you carry the presentation, throwing in humor in places to bring the tone back up in serious moments, and the hard-hitting points you bring, especially that one about time travelling, where we don't think about our actions as having as big a gravitas as it does on the future. I think everyone in the audience appreciates this talk, even if it meant rubbing them in the wrong way. Also, I can't stress how grateful I am to see someone with enough qualification to be in that room, delivering a speech of this caliber to an audience of the smartest minds, bringing up the truth in this world where everyone prefers to talk less. You truly are a gem in the society of science, man! This video has also inspired me in many ways other than to just be more open in communication, thanks a ton!
@wolpueh
@wolpueh 5 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@mustangdog11
@mustangdog11 19 күн бұрын
This has been one of the most powerful videos I've ever watched. The only KZfaq video I've ever posted to my Facebook and pleaded with people to watch. Not only engineers, There are lessons here for everyone. First video I've commented on. Thank you for showing me how to be smarter today!
@gsstacker
@gsstacker 2 ай бұрын
I was born in 1965 and do remember a lot of the Apollo missions and watching them on TV. It's amazing to learn the simplicity of the technology back then and that we were actually able to get men to the moon and back! I'm a software developer and understand the complexities of what you engineers have to tackle, especially as I am also a contractor for a federal agency, namely the FAA. Great talk. You were well prepared and I learned a lot about this Artemis project. I'm really curious what the feedback was from folks in your audience after that talk, because I got the distinct impression many were not aware of the orbit question you raised or the refueling!
@barwick11
@barwick11 5 ай бұрын
Destin, worked for NASA recently and raised these questions. You're spot on, politics play a huge role in every architecture decision. Only the most bold leaders are willing to stand up to the politicians and say the hard truths. They're out there, some in the right places, some buried under bureaucracy. There's definitely a balance between "tech push" and "flight proven". A tech advocate said "The problem is, as it stands right now, you can't fly a robot in space until you've flown that robot in space." But the other side of that coin is, as you said, relying on "this has never been done before" mission-critical components like cryogenic fluid transfer on-orbit. The question is: How do you balance these two wisely? By letting people raise their concerns (both ways) in a professional manner, and actually listening to them.
@sonynamase
@sonynamase 5 ай бұрын
I moved from engineering to management and meetings I’m in now ale full of politics and money, and although I was embarrassed I got to convey problems that I predicted. Not without my boss kicking me in my leg. (Once:) Communication, yes
@5Andysalive
@5Andysalive 5 ай бұрын
"standing up to the people who literally fund your organisation isn't easy. IT also doesn't change anything ususally. dealing with politics is slow hard and tedious work. . Especially since you BOTH are completely dependent on public support. At least the stupid SpaceX hype has created much more support and public interest into space flight. So getting out of it to save money isn't the most popular option anymore. Ir definitely was wehn Apollo ended and the Shuttle program was castrated into near uselessness.
@lifthras11r
@lifthras11r 5 ай бұрын
To be fair to politicians, it is their job to do something out of mutually conflicting goals. But if you don't tell them anything about those goals, they will never know or assume about them incorrectly.
@LadyPatienceK
@LadyPatienceK 5 ай бұрын
Is this communications issue related to DEI?
@RasakBlood
@RasakBlood 5 ай бұрын
Ofc politics is involved. If you dont play politics you dont get a budget. And no budget no program. Its that simple.
@musicfreak21
@musicfreak21 5 ай бұрын
This was so so good. Thank you for fighting the algorithm and posting the full presentation.
@dyanosis
@dyanosis 5 ай бұрын
Seeing as this has almost 1 million views in a day, I don't think the algorithm is a problem.
@musicfreak21
@musicfreak21 5 ай бұрын
@@dyanosis a testament to great content
@joelmiller5475
@joelmiller5475 3 ай бұрын
This is maybe your best KZfaq video. It certainly is top on my list. The intermingling of your message with your personal life hit the spot. Not only did I get the message, but I feel like I really know you now. And I’ve watched a lot of your videos.
@bronzelovegod
@bronzelovegod Ай бұрын
Dustin. Well I have worked in nuclear power plants for most of my life. A lot of our work is procedure driven along with meetings and appropriate paperwork. I see a lot of things occur in your job as it did mine. I found your lecture to be quite interesting and I'm glad nobody got hurt on the bike. 😊
@rackets001
@rackets001 5 ай бұрын
As a federal employee in an aviation related capacity, I applaud you speaking about the ELEPHANT in the room! This talk applies to everything, not just NASA! There are too many "yes men" and not enough critical thinkers in government/management especially!
@Rick_Cavallaro
@Rick_Cavallaro 5 ай бұрын
As an aerospace engineer, and someone that somewhat prides myself on effective communication and effective project management, I'm blown away. I believe this will go down as one of the most impactful talks in NASA's history. Just incredibly well structured, and spectacular use of very accessible, real-world examples.
@Nomadic2b34u-bt4zs
@Nomadic2b34u-bt4zs Ай бұрын
Excellent work brother, well said in a risky environment. Expect an uptick in views, you're in a thunderf00t video for all the best reasons. I'd never expect anything less from you.
@alexlewin9997
@alexlewin9997 8 күн бұрын
I had a very similar experience to the reverse bike experiment. I was asked to take a friend's new model aeroplane for it's maiden flight. He had been building & flying models for years, but didn't trust himself to get the plane off the ground, trimmed & back down again. So he asked me to help out despite having flown for only a year or so. I loved flying, but didn't have the patience he had for building. I made a beginner's mistake and didn't check the control surfaces properly before take off and once airborne suddenly realised the ailerons were reversed! A crowd appeared to watch and somehow after a few gentle stick movements I figured out how to fly the plane with reversed ailerons. The plane went around the circuit smoothly and landed fine. Afterwards, one of the club's long-time expert flyers came over and couldn't believe what he just saw. He was convinced he wouldn't have been able to get around with crossed controls on an out-of-trim plane. Basically, at that time I was still new to flying (having learned at the age of 40) and was used to using full concentration to fly every flight, so it seemed easy to me to simply reverse one of the sticks. But once you have flown for years and the muscle memory has taken over from the conscious brain I think it would be harder to make the switch in your head. I just wanted to make a point that it's not necessarily a property of kids brains that means they can pick up skills quickly, but the level of focus a person of any age has for the task in hand that makes the difference. The brain can surprise even ourselves when put under a bit of pressure.
@tylermoser6706
@tylermoser6706 5 ай бұрын
I can’t believe I watched and understood a talk given to the smartest people on earth. I’m a farmer with ADHD and can’t sit in a 15 minute meeting without getting distracted. You prepared yourself in a way that very few can and I was engaged the whole time. I needed a teacher like this growing up and today. The world is a better place with you and 51:56 this channel. Thank you for sharing the whole message!
@RyckmanApps
@RyckmanApps 5 ай бұрын
Well said. This is a top KZfaq channel by a great person!
@Skodak96
@Skodak96 5 ай бұрын
Hey man, also a farmer with adhd. We are some of the smartest guys on earth man. We have alot of time to build knowledge, and that turns our adhd into a super power. Idk about you but im constantly learning things while im farming. Embrace your genius friend.
@bergenfamily1314
@bergenfamily1314 5 ай бұрын
I'm the exact same, can't stand videos longer than 15min... stayed the whole hour and even watched through the ads... fantastic video
@BeKindToBirds
@BeKindToBirds 5 ай бұрын
Hey man, back in the day farmers with whatever goin on were who built NASA. You are a champ doing rocket science too, god only knows what the next decades will bring!
@michaela5311
@michaela5311 5 ай бұрын
I choose not to believe in ADHD. Doctors don’t know much about anything. Pharma don’t know much either. Lifetime of Meds can’t be healthy
@pne5720
@pne5720 5 ай бұрын
Dude, you rock! I'm an old engineer and I watch your videos with great pleasure. I have to say this is your absolute best ever and I believe to be the most consequential. You moved the cup. Lives will have been saved because of this. I wish you all the success you deserve.
@Gonchicha
@Gonchicha 5 ай бұрын
i agree
@LemonGarageYT
@LemonGarageYT 5 ай бұрын
That cup metaphor was really clever
@josephhiggins9675
@josephhiggins9675 5 ай бұрын
I don't know why I often forget how awesome he is. Its like every time I remember and come back hes like 10x more awesome
@subhadeepmukherjee868
@subhadeepmukherjee868 Ай бұрын
Such authenticity in a world of short life spans propelled by 'shorts' is truly appreciated. I am not a good engineer but your videos have taught me to strengthen the parts of me that I know are good. I think that is what I want for myself and I definitely want more of your videos.
@Rogue3269
@Rogue3269 5 күн бұрын
I am not an engineer, I am a simple CATV/Fiber Optics Senior Technician and most of my knowledge was gained by listening, taking notes and destroying simple working electronics, trying to understand what I was doing wrong, by judging my failures against other's successes. I had to ride the Destin's bike until I learned to stop relying on my brain and start relying on pure, undisciplined reasoning. I can't tell you how informative and educating this video has been. More please!
@Sparweb_Projects
@Sparweb_Projects 5 ай бұрын
Thank you Destin. This inspiring message comes to me just when I need it. I'm an aeronautical engineer myself and I have some very bad news to give my team tomorrow. Just like your example I will be faced with managers with a schedule they want to keep, and technicians whose work did not meet the standard. The safety issue implicated will make this discussion very tense and it will only be resolved if I don't back down, meanwhile I have to give them what they need to understand and make the new plan work. Your approach will prove to be helpful to at least one more aeronautical engineer out there. This is one of your best episodes IMO.
@DavidHRyall
@DavidHRyall 5 ай бұрын
Please let us know how the meeting goes and how they receive your feedback 🙏 maybe make them all watch this video first 😂
@dakota4766
@dakota4766 5 ай бұрын
Very nice words. Good luck tomorrow.
@calebpurvis6195
@calebpurvis6195 5 ай бұрын
Good luck! A nice trick is to end your explanation with a call to action that focuses on finding the solution. Such as "I know we have a great team here, I'm looking forward to everyone's ideas on the solution."
@route2070
@route2070 5 ай бұрын
Good luck and God speed.
@Sparweb_Projects
@Sparweb_Projects 5 ай бұрын
@@calebpurvis6195 you're right, I did just that. Meetings almost wrapped up but without the follow-up action decided yet, so I kept people in their chairs until it was decided
@hebraicfoundations9273
@hebraicfoundations9273 5 ай бұрын
That took balls of steel and a heart of gold. You left me gobsmacked. Destin, you do a wonderful job of making us smarter every day, but the communication skills you demonstrate in this presentation, with the nuance required for this specific audience and context, are absolutely over the top. The message you give is profoundly important, likely to many lives; and you nailed it.
@TheWatchernator
@TheWatchernator Ай бұрын
There's no competition, so there's no accountability. Just keep your job, feed your family. The goal is not to go, the goal is survival: to sell the illusion and get funding.
@joereuben4909
@joereuben4909 9 күн бұрын
You saved future lives with this speach. Awesome that you said it. Complacency is rampant.
@iker42
@iker42 5 ай бұрын
I am not a rocket scientist but listening to this was one of the best spent hours of my life. Thank you.
@Monsux
@Monsux 5 ай бұрын
I would have never thought I would watch a 1h+ lecture on Christmas morning. One of the best presentations ever. Critical negative feedback is super important. I would say to all, start using this in your own field. If you are in charge of something, make sure the whole team knows that it's ok to give negative feedback. When the atmosphere doesn't allow negative feedback, people may hide important info or cover their mistakes because of fear.
@Idontwantachann
@Idontwantachann 5 ай бұрын
I was thinking how inspiring this could be to many other fields, not just aerospace. Generation after generation tend to dismiss or ignore the experience of the previous generation and end up “reinventing the wheel” instead of improving it.
@0sdm
@0sdm 5 ай бұрын
same....
@dave72f
@dave72f 5 ай бұрын
Same
@xxstrawberryeyeballsxx
@xxstrawberryeyeballsxx 5 ай бұрын
Watching this Christmas evening, but same
@sp66-know-try-think
@sp66-know-try-think 5 ай бұрын
I would like to hope for the best, but tradition and inertia do not add optimism. Those who move to the top of the management pyramid are primarily people whose minds are mainly focused on diligently following the instructions of their superiors, flirting with the public and pandering to their expectations. The system is ossified and strengthens itself from generation to generation.
@jackiegarrett820
@jackiegarrett820 3 ай бұрын
That was an amazing presentation🎉 I work in Aerospace in Huntsville AL and I recommended this video all the time (even made my kids watch it) - keep up the amazing work. Just read an article in Phys Org about NASA vowing to end organizational silence due to Artemis delays - I believe you reached the right ears😊
@BrianMCarroll
@BrianMCarroll Ай бұрын
I worked for a high tech firm that built amazing products for markets that bought billions of dollars of our stuff. Then, over time, we became a company where people were afraid to tell the truth. Nortel no longer exists.
@jilliejellyjam
@jilliejellyjam 5 ай бұрын
I didn't think I'd sit through this whole video but I'm so glad I did. This was great, I hope all those folks in the room with you took your insight and words all to heart.
@mixup2216
@mixup2216 5 ай бұрын
I just did the thing where I watched it without looking at the duration so didn’t realize how long it was until about halfway lol
@brainzend
@brainzend 5 ай бұрын
this is EXACTLY what the internet is at its best. No trolls in the comments (or I just didn't scroll down far enough), just thousands sharing how you have lifted them, inspired them and encouraged them. Bless you for doing what you do and sharing sharing that with us all.
@shayne7
@shayne7 5 ай бұрын
Somehow I'm seeing this comment 1 minute after you made it. No trolls in sight. Awesome community or youtube finally got something right
@Crushnaut
@Crushnaut 5 ай бұрын
In a way, the sentiment in your post is kind of the problem Destin was talking about with communication. Communication does not need to always be pretty. It can be messy. If everyone who dissents feels like they are going to be called a troll for dissenting then you end up with the problem he outlined. Destin wants the negative feedback. Not all negative feedback is trolling.
@RTSRAZORBACK
@RTSRAZORBACK 5 ай бұрын
KZfaq now hides more of the trolling and negative comments - again, based on an algorithm of what it deems to be positive and relevant to the video's content or what other people will agree on. This is to try and promote a more positive experience on KZfaq, for the creators and the community. But they obviously haven't seen Destin's talk on the PID control loop, where you need negative feedback! Although, in my opinion, a lot of communities (especially Reddit) have a bit of a hive mind, where someone will be ridiculed and bullied if they have an opinion different to a majority's, so I kinda get it.
@defaultradio
@defaultradio Ай бұрын
Civilization needs you more than culture does.
@defaultradio
@defaultradio Ай бұрын
I'm so excited to see your future content.
@gives_bad_advice
@gives_bad_advice Ай бұрын
Interesting. Care to expand?
@Pon1bcd
@Pon1bcd Ай бұрын
You brushed off the nervousness so fast and gave such an outstanding speech.
@monastero
@monastero 5 ай бұрын
Great talk, Dr. I am an old MD, trauma surgeon and health systems manager and today I learned a lot of interesting things suitable to be applied on risky procedures and plans. I’ve got smarter this day.
@MonkeyJedi99
@MonkeyJedi99 5 ай бұрын
A lot of good advice for MANY occupations and processes.
@marilynmarilynohearn476
@marilynmarilynohearn476 5 ай бұрын
I'm a 72 year old grandmother. I love to learn something new every day. I loved this video. I can apply this to so many thing. I can learn to speak up when things are going the wrong way.
@kcufhctib204
@kcufhctib204 5 ай бұрын
Sigh unzips.
@bliss_gore5194
@bliss_gore5194 5 ай бұрын
@@kcufhctib204 ???????? WHAT
@marcgottlieb9579
@marcgottlieb9579 5 ай бұрын
@@kcufhctib204 But he didn't know a thing about the 2024 Atlantean event coming to everyone's neighborhood soon...It will be all over before 2025.. World population, perhaps 2 billion..
@Jordan-tr3fn
@Jordan-tr3fn 5 ай бұрын
@@marcgottlieb9579 lol
@ArtisChronicles
@ArtisChronicles 5 ай бұрын
​@@marcgottlieb9579 sounds like a generous number. Thought we were gonna end up at 500 million.
@alyssao.9577
@alyssao.9577 14 сағат бұрын
Dustin, Im not any sort of specialist, professional or expert and im definitely not any kind of engineer. Im just a 26 yr old girl who's just trying to make things work. Throughout your video I was taking concepts you were talking about e.g., teaching, engagement, leadership, communication; and thinking about my life and ways applicants of those concepts might have changed the outcome of difficult events I've struggled through recently. My grandfather worked at Vandenberg Air Force Base my entire life. He was very humble but proud to have been part of the Atlas program. When I was a kid, he paid for me to attend a summer space camp, twice! He loved to spark my intrest and see how engaged I would get with a project or topic. He did so much to encourage my curiosity. I lost him in a pretty traumatic way in 2022 (he was still working as a consultant on base when he passed) I think about him every day. He would have really gotten a kick out of your videos and I know he would have shown this video to all his coworkers on base. Thank you very much for all you do.
@gradycothren2267
@gradycothren2267 3 ай бұрын
This needed to be heard, I hope that you had an impact!! These principles go way beyond just space missions. This advice can be taken for many many different things in life. Thanks for having the guts and the thoughtfulness fir doing this.
@thentil
@thentil 5 ай бұрын
This was one of the best Smarter Every Day I've seen. Fantastic talk and message!
@IrocZIV
@IrocZIV 5 ай бұрын
My Ex's dad worked on a part that failed during the Challenger launch. Him and other engineers actually had voiced concerns, but weren't listened to for some reason. I think being able to effectively communicate can't be undervalued.
@harrybarrow6222
@harrybarrow6222 5 ай бұрын
Being ALLOWED to communicate is even more important.
@Toph_Not_E-Bender
@Toph_Not_E-Bender 5 ай бұрын
​@@harrybarrow6222not just allowed, but hosting an environment in which people can feel comfortable enough to voice their concerns. And not just doing that by saying "please feel comfortable to say whatever blah blah blah"
@christopherscallio2539
@christopherscallio2539 5 ай бұрын
Amazing how 7 Survivors of the Challenger Shuttle Psy-OP didn't bother to even change their Names. Look into it. Only 1 of them is unaccounted for.
@Mythilt
@Mythilt 5 ай бұрын
Feynman's second book ('What do you care what other people think') talks about this, and his comments during the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
@dallysinghson5569
@dallysinghson5569 Ай бұрын
Concerns had been voiced but were not listened to, and you're pinning this on the ones raising the issue rather than the ones ignoring it?
@_MaxHeadroom_
@_MaxHeadroom_ Ай бұрын
46:35 I have the same exact reaction whenever Elon or SpaceX say they're going to catch the skyscraper sized booster out of the air with oversized tongs 😂
@wetherabble8031
@wetherabble8031 Ай бұрын
"The older generation, they believe in you." DUDE!!!
@YOitsBA
@YOitsBA 5 ай бұрын
I finished the whole hour and I’m kind of shocked. The message here is bigger than just Artemis and the way you convey it is important. Thanks for this!
@cbspock1701
@cbspock1701 5 ай бұрын
It was interesting how he mentioned an Apollo document Artemis people should be familiar with. I am not surprised that no one has read it. I just finished the book "Homesteading Space" which covers Project Skylab, and guess what no one read the findings from that program either when ISS was being developed. NASA made the same mistakes on ISS, when it came to some of the interior design and locations of equipment, airlocks etc. It was really an interesting book.
@Wrackey
@Wrackey 5 ай бұрын
You're absolutely right. It is INCREDIBLY important.. in all walks of life.
@RealNikolaj
@RealNikolaj 5 ай бұрын
Exactly. This is what influencing is really about.
@spelunkerd
@spelunkerd 5 ай бұрын
A hundred people in the audience, and soon to be millions watching through a web screen. Great teachers have an astronomical reach.
@nop3noperson
@nop3noperson 5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you commented. I lost my Google account, thus lost my subscriptions. Couldn't remember your yt name. I work on junk for a living😂
@cspruitt3190
@cspruitt3190 5 ай бұрын
Perfectly said. Thank you
@linkencsgo4890
@linkencsgo4890 Ай бұрын
Thank you for sticking to it and sharing your knowledge and let us follow your curiosity in science , Love from Sweden
@macsnapon
@macsnapon Ай бұрын
Destin, when I worked at a repair shop, training to be a mechanic, the shop owner would often chide the employees saying things like "This isn't rocket science", whenever I asked a hard question.. which I look back on today with my degree in business and numerous certifications in automotive repair (which are essentially engineering training in things like metallurgy, electronics, fuel delivery systems, CIS, HVAC, welding, etc.. etc.. etc..) and I've always believed that the heart of every automotive tech is a hacker and engineer. Now, this guy I worked for owns a 1930s Oldsmobile, which is ironic considering the Oldsmobile Rocket 350 and body designs were forward thinking for the 1960s space race.. and this man is not a forward thinking kind of guy. Great lecture and talk, we need more people talking about the what-ifs and whatabouts for the Artemis Mission.
@jonsonnenschein1253
@jonsonnenschein1253 5 ай бұрын
That was without a doubt, one of the best lectures I have ever watched. Your father can only be beyond proud of you. If every person in that room didn't learn something from your lecture, they are NOT Smarter Every Day.
@JordanCrawfordSF
@JordanCrawfordSF 5 ай бұрын
I have no beef in this, but I watched all 1:05:19 and I learned what an amazing storyteller you are and it gave me joy in my day to see how excited you were you to deliver truth to this room. I’m proud of you, and grateful you shared.
@smartereveryday
@smartereveryday 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words
@josiahbayne5245
@josiahbayne5245 5 ай бұрын
This!!!
@2artactical55
@2artactical55 5 ай бұрын
@smartereveryday most people with a brain knows that basic science tell us that human space travel is impossible and only driven by the fantasy of it. It's easy to show using basic proven science.
@user-wx2sq4ot4c
@user-wx2sq4ot4c Ай бұрын
This really was a smart way to view and put in context the more important questions .
@ralphrobertsonbdr779
@ralphrobertsonbdr779 5 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed your video and the speech you gave and your thoughts. I've seen some of you other videos including the bike video. Your information is awesome. I'm not a rocket Scientist but the information you talk about is intriguing and I can't wait until the moon mission lifts off.
@MisterC006
@MisterC006 5 ай бұрын
This man right here. This is who I want to be when I grow up. A man full of knowledge, yet humble enough to understand when to listen and when to speak. Not speaking like a fool, but speaking with a life time of experiences, and an authority that has been earned. Destin, you are a inspiration to a generation, and I pray that as I step towards my adult life soon, that I can one day meet you with my head held high. Not meeting you as a fan, or random onlooker to the fishbowl of youtube, but someone who has created substance with their life. Praying for you and your family, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas season.
@nikiitb6744
@nikiitb6744 5 ай бұрын
You and we all will get there Keep it up there man I also want to meet him
@Atstudiotrev
@Atstudiotrev 5 ай бұрын
Less the praying part, (just my view), I totally agree. Shoot for the stars, and keep picking role models like this. I think you’re on the right track. 👍
@gpaine
@gpaine 5 ай бұрын
What was really cool about this talk was the strategy. Destin spent time building up his chops to be in the room scientifically, but then he gave a talk about humanities, communication, and history. That's amazing. No matter what field we are in, we have to understand how we got here, why we are here, and why we operate the way we operate. I needed that message for sure. Thank you! Also. Matt Whitman would be super proud of the way you weaved his field into your literal rocket science. 😉
@TheTiffanyAching
@TheTiffanyAching 5 ай бұрын
A James Burke for the 2020s.
@jestermoon
@jestermoon 5 ай бұрын
💯 🎉 14:23
@OngoingFreedom
@OngoingFreedom Ай бұрын
Love you approach, attitude, knowledge and strength of character to make that talk like you did.
@hutlihutdanmark9580
@hutlihutdanmark9580 Ай бұрын
This is the most clever video I have ever seen on KZfaq. And I am amazed by your balls in saying the true out this load and well. Thank you for being this brave.
@cherylchristensen3515
@cherylchristensen3515 5 ай бұрын
My Dad worked on the Saturn V and finished his career working on ISS. He would totally agree with your message. He spoke up and had to find new assignments because he spoke his mind. He was frustrated with the Shuttle Program knowing what was accomplished with Apollo/Saturn V. Will be interesting to see what happens. I grew up in Huntsville!
@DonnieDarko727
@DonnieDarko727 5 ай бұрын
Except it was all a cover program for money laundering.
@jvsyoutube3298
@jvsyoutube3298 5 ай бұрын
i generally think politics have to much say in securitythings (guessing it was) in stuff like for example space programs. Politics should have no wote in anything involving stuff like this. Just "sc. nice to have/do" nothing else.
@sugmadick4452
@sugmadick4452 5 ай бұрын
Your dad is a liar
@rockman4952
@rockman4952 5 ай бұрын
@@jvsyoutube3298 Destin is referring to the fact egos and personal agendas get in the way of group decision making in organizations. It happens in businesses as well as projects like the Apollo Program and the Artemis Lunar mission. This is not referring to Democrats vs Republicans.
@sp66-know-try-think
@sp66-know-try-think 5 ай бұрын
The entire current management structure is tied to priority adherence to the instructions of higher authorities. And the career interests of the nimble bosses are directly tied to playing spectacularly for the public and indulging their impulsive desires. People who think about business are the losers, people who play in line with the expectations of the public and their bosses are the winners.
@NFSHeld
@NFSHeld 5 ай бұрын
Destin wasn't sure if he could tell them what many people think: "You guys are so deep in politics, you are afraid to tell people when they are wrong, when there are problems, when a plan doesn't work out, needs changes, turns out to be a bad idea." And then he applied this to himself and said: "I must not be afraid to tell them when there's a problem." So he went there and told them. And I love the way he did it.
@abishekbabu8061
@abishekbabu8061 2 ай бұрын
This is a brilliant presentation. Love that delivery and subject.
@jnellie1970
@jnellie1970 Ай бұрын
This talk is a groundbreaking presentation. Thank you for putting in so much work on such a complex set of issues…then making it simple.
@seeratlasdtyria4584
@seeratlasdtyria4584 5 ай бұрын
My father was the chief ground systems engineer for the Titan program. As a kid I overheard soooo many midnight meetings held between some of the great minds of that time as they were struggling mightily to solve the issues confronting the quite literally "do or die", height of the Cold War ICBM development program in the struggle against the U.S.S.R. As you spoke, memories began flooding back of those times, the global significance of which only became clear to me some decades later. I congratulate you on making what I consider a meaningful contribution to the future of the Artemis mission. My father used to tell me that when engineers can be convinced that the solution to a given problem not only already exists, but that it has ALWAYS existed, and that they accordingly only have to discover it; their chances of not only finding the solution, but also finding it in a timely manner, are algebraically increased. Subscribed and Thumb's Up.
@rootkite
@rootkite 5 ай бұрын
Beautifully put, thank you for sharing ❤
@stickv1
@stickv1 5 ай бұрын
I’m a healthcare IT program manager. I deal with risk and bureaucracies every day. I understand the problems that you were pointing out. I’m sure they were a ton of people in that audience that were relieved that you finally said the truth. Although it seems like this was just one talk, I bet it will have a rippling effect to really assure that our program to the moon actually works and happens. Thank you for doing extra work and due diligence.
@360.Tapestry
@360.Tapestry 5 ай бұрын
he did them a huge favor. he made it ok for them to talk about specifically relevant stuff they may have been too afraid to broach. sometimes (maybe most times) you really need a neutral third-party to clear the air
@MaulikParmar210
@MaulikParmar210 5 ай бұрын
The fear is that if they talk about it, they will never have a chance to work in the industry. The worst part of industries is to point out best practices. The HRs would blacklist resources that criticised companies before. They take it as a red flag no matter how competent the resource is. The politics that play on highend jobs plays a big role in who gets which title and responsibilities at the end. This is why he did break the ice and did a huge favour to them by simply coming in and rattle the hive. Ofc someone would be behind this and these things do not happen on it's own. The point of this video was to make stakeholders realize about engineers perspective so stakeholders do not rush about things they do not understand. It's good to have 3rd party coming in and create questions that are healthy. Take this as highend, well planned and well thought consultation that would reflect throughout this mission now.
@slartybarfastb3648
@slartybarfastb3648 5 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, the additional unspoken truth is that Artemis is a contract generation program as much as it's a moon program. The value of the contract dollars lost, were anyone to take Destin's advice seriously, will forbid any changes or simplification. Congress decides the architecture just a tiny bit less than NASA. Try changing anything which removes a contractor in any Senator's district and watch how fast you find yourself working on cropduster engines in Iowa.
@TheDesertRat31
@TheDesertRat31 5 ай бұрын
​@kryptonite365 a 3rd party isn't (shouldn't be) really needed if the first two are being honest and being adults about it. There shouldn't be any egos bruised if there is intellectual and emotional honesty. The fact that Destin had to give this talk is very telling. It's good he made them squirm. I've seen what happens when ground combat missions are planned based of careers and egos. Headstones get added at Arlington. The families would rather not have shadow boxes full of medals on the mantle
@devttyUSB0
@devttyUSB0 2 ай бұрын
Awesome talk you gave there, Destin. Some real truth in what you've said. The audiable reaction from the room was telling. Thanks for doing what you do.
@blackthorne-rose
@blackthorne-rose 9 күн бұрын
It's so great that you are actually exactly the right person to get away with that talk to that audience. I think that needed to be said... BIG TIME. I hope that talk has the consequence of saving lives because of better decisions that were made after hearing you. Well done!
@MrScubaduba1
@MrScubaduba1 5 ай бұрын
Dude, I am just partially through watching this and I am moved to write this. I am an engineer (long retired) and have recently run for our Town Council. I ran on a simple concept I called "Dee's C's". The are 1) Communication, 2) Collaboration, and 3) Commitment. I think you can see where this is going. Most of my career was based on solving difficult problems that seemed too difficult to solve. So I adopted these concepts into my problem solving process. (There is a 4th "C" for Community. That said, I think you have quite literally hit the nail on the head. I'd love to discuss this with you at some length, but this is not that venue. I hope I might get a chance to expand these concepts.
@tychosis
@tychosis 5 ай бұрын
There are a lot of engineers who fail at this stuff. I know a lot of people who are drawn to engineering can be awkward, maybe loners... as an old engineer myself I see a lot of them struggle when it's time to join the workplace. The days of the lone engineer solving complex problems are long gone, you have to learn to work with people--and I really feel like your first C--communication--is the most important and I see a lot of people stumble there. I go out of my way to make junior engineers feel welcome and to let them know that I want to hear what they think. I come from (and work on) submarines, and if *anyone* comes to you with concerns, YOU LISTEN.
@sisyphuscranerigging7792
@sisyphuscranerigging7792 5 ай бұрын
By quite literally I take it you mean effectively made a point that the metaphor of hitting a nail strongly applies. Lol. To me it's sad the informal usage you used has made it into the popular American lexicon. Anyway, I wish you success in politics!
@nathanjohnson9715
@nathanjohnson9715 5 ай бұрын
@@sisyphuscranerigging7792 so I used to be sorta nitpicky about this usage of the word too, but I have my BA in linguistics from the UW, and I took a class in historical linguistics where we learned about language shift and there is a really common phenomenon that happens with words that mean "literally" where they end up becoming synonymous with "to an extreme degree". For instance, the word "very" comes from the latin "veritas" meaning truth. The same thing happened with the word "really". There are a ton more examples in other languages as well. But when I view this usage of the word "literally" in this light, it no longer bugs me. It just becomes an interesting feature of language change in motion.
@potatopobobot4231
@potatopobobot4231 5 ай бұрын
very similar to my concept I call "Dee's N's"
@Carlos-ce2gn
@Carlos-ce2gn 5 ай бұрын
As a young engineer, I thank the brave people like you who make me want to change the world. Your speech in this video truly spoke to me and promise you that although it was uncomfortable it was not in vain. Thank you man
@skeetorkiftwon
@skeetorkiftwon 5 ай бұрын
You solved declining EROEI?
@timmy7201
@timmy7201 5 ай бұрын
It ain't easy to change a world, filled with old farts that hate change... As an engineer myself with some work experience, I wish you a lot of luck!
@kidcasco1966
@kidcasco1966 5 ай бұрын
Old farts? Hmmm...so bc destin is relatively young, his perspective is correct? Truth is not the perview of any generation. Comments like that only create discourse. You're elders do hold wisdom you may want to consult.
@skeetorkiftwon
@skeetorkiftwon 5 ай бұрын
@@kidcasco1966 "You're elders..." Ok boomer, what's the solution to declining EROEI?
@timmy7201
@timmy7201 5 ай бұрын
@@kidcasco1966 Sure, I agree that senior people hold a lot of wisdom. I'm in my early thirties, yet I contact my parents the second I have some questions they may know the answer too. That being said! I've worked with some semi retired 70+ years old engineers and scientists, who just refuse to quit their jobs. Those people where very respectful towards young people, and their ideas. I've also worked with a ton of 50 to 70 year old colleagues, they're usually the worst! They always think they know best, are disrespectful towards younger colleagues, and refuse to even test or try out new ideas. So yes! I believe that the current senior generation in the workforce, was kinda spoiled during their lifetime. Which reflects in an increased amount of ego, getting in the way towards progress!
@lamarcooley7348
@lamarcooley7348 2 ай бұрын
What an outstanding presentation. This should also be applied to many things in lifes flight. 😊
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