SpaceX Interview Question: How would you attach a sensitive instrument to a shaking surface?

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How would you attach a sensitive instrument to a shaking surface?

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Anonymous

Dec 17, 2017

Through a vibration isolator.

Anonymous

Jan 12, 2018

Attach the instrument to a damped oscillator (like a spring -mass system in a fluid) before attaching it to the shaking surface. This would soften the vibrations, similar to a suspension in a car.

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