tater Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) Yeah, I like RocketLab, but kinda of a bad look. I saw a recent list of glassdoor reviews that put RocketLab sorta high compared to BO (likely related to that Berger post), too. Edited July 28, 2021 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Wow, that's a very bleak outlook and it sounds like I wouldn't want to work there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 13 hours ago, RCgothic said: Wow, that's a very bleak outlook and it sounds like I wouldn't want to work there. I guess its an US and NZ workplace culture clash. Also startup company weirdness, trust me I worked for lots of weird companies during the IT bubble. And these kind of stuff is not uncommon in IT, way less so in aerospace I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 20 hours ago, mikegarrison said: This sort of thing is why I'm glad I'm in a union. I remember one time a senior manager saying something like he didn't understand why any engineer would want to have some of our salary raise pool guaranteed instead of all of it being for performance, because we should all be confident in our abilities and want to compete for that extra money. My response back to him was "that only works if you trust management to a) know who the peak performers really are, and b) reward them fairly." This, now in sales or other places there performance is easy to measure and is not seriously affected by other factors it works. How do you measure it for engineering? Do you want them to use guesstimates to reach this months performance goals ending in you having to do recalls and rebuild your production line 3 months later? This is why smart management do not want this, you cover why the engineers don't want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) I work for big engineering company. The bonus scheme was scrapped and replaced with a consistent salary supplement. Basically, management didn't know who was performing so the entire department was getting bonuses based on overall group performance, something we had no direct control over. We much prefer this method. Edited July 28, 2021 by RCgothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 My experience is that even with good management, engineers get assigned good tasks when they did well on the last good task. And that means when the next good task comes along, they get that again. Etc. So engineers get tagged as high performers or low performers in part based on just which things management assigned them to do. And with bad management, managers can steer all sorts of stuff to their favorites. It's just not ideal for really measuring any kind of objective performance metrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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insert_name Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) stream is live, they arent going to recover this one Edited July 29, 2021 by insert_name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Liftoff and stage sep complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 kick stage is seperated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Payload deployment, a successful mission! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I missed this a couple weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) Edited August 25, 2021 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) I asked Beck for hints, who said "we’re so sick of people copying us" but added that Neutron should look like a rocket from 2050, not the 2020s. Huh? Aren't they the same company that is reviving mid-air catches (a strategy that dates back to to the 1950s)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_retrieval Edited August 25, 2021 by mikegarrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Just now, mikegarrison said: Huh? Aren't they the same company that is reviving mid-air catches (a strategy that dates back to to the '50s)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-air_retrieval That's what they are tired of, can you imagine how bad you must feel after the 50s air force starts copying your ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Wonder what a rocket from 2050 s supposed to look like if it also cannot look like F9 or SS/SH? maybe also something from the 50s? Von Braun winged rocket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 If it doesn't float on lasers... I am dissapoint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 56 minutes ago, tater said: Wonder what a rocket from 2050 s supposed to look like if it also cannot look like F9 or SS/SH? maybe also something from the 50s? Von Braun winged rocket? A-4/V2 on steroids. Or a Tintin rocket. Which is largely the same aside from size and fins. 1 minute ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: If it doesn't float on lasers... I am dissapoint Pulse fusion fired by ground-based lasers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Pulse fusion fired by ground-based lasers? So long as it looks 2050 I'll feel like it wasn't false advertising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 7 hours ago, tater said: Wonder what a rocket from 2050 s supposed to look like if it also cannot look like F9 or SS/SH? maybe also something from the 50s? Von Braun winged rocket? Like the current Neutron, but with a "made in 2054" sticker on the side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/25/2021 at 11:49 PM, tater said: Wonder what a rocket from 2050 s supposed to look like if it also cannot look like F9 or SS/SH? maybe also something from the 50s? Von Braun winged rocket? Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Spoiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aerospace_Development_Administration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 44 minutes ago, DDE said: Reveal hidden contents If that's true, we're hosed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 No. If that's true. 45 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Reveal hidden contents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aerospace_Development_Administration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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