This is very interesting and I appreciate the author's take on his own work: That it's not, by a long shot, the whole solution. It's great that he modeled the physics and all, and he acknowledges that the amount of work to turn that simulation into a landed rocket is just staggering.
The scale of the complexity comes seems analogous to the complexity of starting with nothing- no raw materials- and building something complex like an internal combustion engine.
The scale of the complexity comes seems analogous to the complexity of starting with nothing- no raw materials- and building something complex like an internal combustion engine.
Step 1: Find iron ore. Wait, what?
Step .5 answer "What is iron?"
Step .4 "What is ore?".
Step .3 "shoveling is hard."
Step .2 Banging rocks together.