If they had asked the computer to design them a 981kN thrust engine they might have needed to be a little more cautious about lighting it up on a test stand. 5kN seems plenty for a first proof of concept.
I completely agree, just pointing out that it is at the PoC stage right now. Scaling up will be exciting. I hope the methods work as well for 1000 kN as they do for 5 kN. This will be awesome if it works at scale. I have been looking forward to engineering like this since a Ted talk I saw about "evolving" designs based on user feedback.
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If they had asked the computer to design them a 981kN thrust engine they might have needed to be a little more cautious about lighting it up on a test stand. 5kN seems plenty for a first proof of concept.
I completely agree, just pointing out that it is at the PoC stage right now. Scaling up will be exciting. I hope the methods work as well for 1000 kN as they do for 5 kN. This will be awesome if it works at scale. I have been looking forward to engineering like this since a Ted talk I saw about "evolving" designs based on user feedback.