[SML] 5x safety rating?

[Stuart Wheaton]

On 7/20/2015 8:48 PM, Jerry Durand via Stagecraft wrote:
> So, the SpaceX failure seems to be from a steel strut rated for 10,000
> pounds that broke at 2,000.  Verified by testing struts in stock with
> more failures found.
>
> It's bad when you're not safe using a 5x margin on your designs.
> Anything like this happing with regular rigging gear?
>


It sounds like someone seriously foofed either the engineering or the 
fabrication.

High impulse, Cryogenic environment, big concerns about excess weight, 
my guess is the engineering dropped a decimal point somewhere.

Stuart