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		paulsutter on Oct 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can SpaceX land a rocket with 1/2 cm accuracy? The key was the full scale combustion simulator software that SpaceX developed to design the Raptor. This talk was given at NVIDIA GTC 2015 and inspired me to go into manufacturing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYA0f6R5KAI title: "GPUs To Mars: Full Scale Simulation of SpaceX's Mars Rocket Engine"

thot_experiment on Oct 21, 2024 [–]

This talk is FANTASTIC and has been an inspiration for me for years as well. Highly HIGHLY recommend it.

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