Thread by @AngelaRiggs_

“Rocket science isn’t hard; put enough explosives on it and it *will* go up. The hard part is controlled flight and recovery.”

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Explosive bolts aren’t testable “in prod”. You have to test thousands of bolts before the ones going on the launches rocket, and make assumptions based on those success metrics.

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Similarities between rocket science and testing:

• Observe, interact, repeat.
• Combining resources and knowledge.
• Acknowledging there can be a point of no return.

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• Unknown unknowns
• Ability to adapt to new information
• Navigating conflicts of interest

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• Collaboration brings better results
• Establishing boundaries for change
• The urge to “move fast and break things”

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Loved hearing @nicolasedgwick’s experience as a physicist in rocketry, and learning about the parallels between rocketry and testing!

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“Pick it up and shake it” is a good analogy for exploratory testing 😄

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Ooh an interesting thought here about innovation versus iteration. They have different paths forward, different challenges to solve in different ways.

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