Space Exploration II: Always Looking up

[Kepler]

The claim is after the landing there is a controlled demolition to dispose of the rocket. I would think since the point is to collect data you would want to keep transmitting from all your sensors for as long as possible, not immediately explode. But I also don't do this professionally because I am way too dumb.

Luckily, we have a guy here who does cuz he isn't.

 

[MichVandal]

The claim is after the landing there is a controlled demolition to dispose of the rocket. I would think since the point is to collect data you would want to keep transmitting from all your sensors for as long as possible, not immediately explode. But I also don't do this professionally because I am way too dumb.

Luckily, we have a guy here who does cuz he isn't.

As a former engineer that did a lot of development work, blowing it up makes no sense at all. Landing it (showing that you can do something that still hasn't happened) and inspecting every little thing is a really big deal. Especially checking to make sure that everything that was breaking didn't show other unexpected signs of wear that could result in a failure. Which is rather important when you are carrying people.

Very, very, very rarely were engines intentionally trashed to failure for the sake of doing it.

 

[aparch]

Also, that thing needs to safely and successfully land on the moon with two humans on board.

So "blowing it up for the data" makes zero sense.