I know they did many tries for the implosion mechanism. Didn’t know they did a full “dress rehearsal” where it sounds like they had every component including the casing present. Smart.
My point is there was still at least a 10 percent chance of failure even if you do all that. So many variables, just 1 dress rehearsal test is inadequate. You would almost have to have robots make several hundred complete devices, test the implosion on them all, to improve your odds. (And even today robots are incapable of building something this complex)
I know they did many tries for the implosion mechanism. Didn’t know they did a full “dress rehearsal” where it sounds like they had every component including the casing present. Smart.
My point is there was still at least a 10 percent chance of failure even if you do all that. So many variables, just 1 dress rehearsal test is inadequate. You would almost have to have robots make several hundred complete devices, test the implosion on them all, to improve your odds. (And even today robots are incapable of building something this complex)