Hey @peard33@WIRED - free tip for you
Yesterday the Anduril team in Mississippi achieved a successful test of our Denali rocket motor, the same rocket that exploded *on that exact test stand* 38 days ago.
In the ~5 weeks since the rapid unscheduled disassembly, the Anduril team diagnosed the failure, rebuilt and re-instrumented the test stand (including some backlogged improvements), meticulously studied and inspected the new motor, and prepped for this test. A true all-hands-on-deck effort culminating in success.
This is the same exact test stand that Wired, quoting anonymous sources, said “could take up to a couple of months” to rebuild the “knocked out” test stand and “could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business.” Not so much. I look forward to your detailed reporting on the successful test.
As I discussed 35-ish days ago, doing hard things is actually hard, and rocket science is definitely hard. It’s easy to cite anonymous sources, usually former disgruntled employees, to throw shade and write critical headlines when tests go wrong. Well, yesterday it went right.
The credit belongs to the [team] who is actually in the arena, and for all the Andurilians who sprinted: thanks, and great work. I hope you enjoy some celebratory chicken wings this week down in McHenry. Onward.
The judge's decision in Oregon State/Washington State vs. the Pac-12 is in.
In favor of the OSU/WSU.
"Oregon State and Washington State will be the sole members of the board."
I am blessed and thankful to receive my first official offer from Wittenberg! I want to thank @JimCollins_FB and the whole coaching staff for this opportunity!
I plotted and outlined every single field used for official Ohio high school baseball games. Here are all of them overlayed on top of each other. #Ohio