For years, I've wondered why spacecraft occasionally disintegrate, but I've never head of a particle accelerator disintegration. Now I know why.
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Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure
In particle accelerator design, there's the Gospel According to Bill Brobeck. I'll repeat the entire thing here because it's a rare find out in the wild: - 5. Thou shalt not use 1/4 inch bolts when one inch bolts will do.
In spacecraft design, there's Akin's Laws, now infamous because they were so widely circulated in the early days of the internet: - Design is based on requirements. There's no justification for designing something one bit "better" than the requirements dictate.
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