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Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2020 8:46 a.m. PST

I love Gear-speak— the jargon and terms used by engineers. It's typically explicit, blunt, and yet so understated and innocuous as to be completely at odds with what normal people would say.

I now have a new favorite, courtesy SpaceX and Elon Musk:
RUD, for "Rapid Unplanned Disassembly"

Apparently, that's Gear-speak for when your rocket ship slams into the landing pad at too high a speed and explodes into a thousand little pieces.
Or what normal people would describe as "blowing up in s crash." laugh

I didn't total my car— it had an RUD.
I didn't break your vase, honey— It had an RUD.

Wish I had known of this term when I was a kid… laugh

Now, it's possible this term has been in long use by SpaceX, or even predates them (sounds suspiciously like something a government agency or the military would produce). But I just encountered it today, while viewing yesterday's test flight of the SpaceX Starship (test flight very successful… landing, not so much— link )

Not criticizing SpaceX or their rocketship— this is what unmanned test-flights are for. Even a crash tells you a lot, and it's better to find out early where a problem might arise than have it remain unrecognized.

But I love the term. So funny it made me cry!

Eclectic Wave11 Dec 2020 9:09 a.m. PST

You should see SpaceX's blooper reel. It's hilarious.

YouTube link

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2020 10:22 a.m. PST

I see from the video it's a "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly."
My bad. laugh

ZULUPAUL Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2020 3:18 p.m. PST

Sudden deceleration injury…Fall from a height causing death, seen that used in a medical record.

Personal logo Saber6 Supporting Member of TMP Fezian11 Dec 2020 4:44 p.m. PST

"It blowed up good"

Personal logo StoneMtnMinis Supporting Member of TMP13 Dec 2020 10:27 a.m. PST

Or IGB – It Go Boom!

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