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I don't think this is accurate. With the CRS-7 failure, Musk commented on how they hadn't adequately verified component integrity from a 3rd party supplier.
by greedo 11y ago
I don't think this is accurate. With the CRS-7 failure, Musk commented on how they hadn't adequately verified component integrity from a 3rd party supplier.
- simonh 11y agoThat's true +1. I'm sure they don't make every integrated circuit and piece of electrical wire. My general point still stands, ULA do much less manufacturing in house by a very large margin.
- lutorm 11y agoIt's not accurate; they don't build all parts, just most of them.
- wolf550e 11y agoThe unverified components were steel rods. SpaceX manufacture most of the complicated parts, but they buy nuts and bolts. Also, the steel rods were checked, but only statistically, not each one. 1 in more than a thousand failed at 5 times lower than its design strength.