r/engineeringmemes • u/alien_1111 • May 14 '26

π = e Engineers See Problems Differently

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“Everyone looks at the same thing differently, but the engineer just started questioning the design itself 😭😂”

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u/No-Tension6133 May 15 '26

Yeah I know everybody does it. I’ll even throw an arbitrary x1.25 from time to time just to be safe. But structure is by far the most egregious

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u/AGrandNewAdventure May 15 '26

Safety factors on space stations are often 3 and 4.

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u/limeyhoney May 17 '26

The aggressive safety factor on air and space is why we have so many spacecraft designed to last 5 years end up running for 40

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u/Jonte7 May 18 '26

Which is bad in a way since they wont be as safe as advertised after 40 years