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While you're correct, you're not pedantic enough. Using X-rays to validate the most critical engine parts has been done for literally years and is a relatively
by SEJeff 10y ago
While you're correct, you're not pedantic enough. Using X-rays to validate the most critical engine parts has been done for literally years and is a relatively boring and old part of "rocket science". Don't expect SpaceX to spend some serious cash on this and techniques such as this (MRI and sonic / ultrasound tech comes to mind).
Source: a good friend of mine is a structural engineer for Aerospace Corporation (a rocket scientist if you will) and I'm an avid r/SpaceX reader.
- nether 10y agoX-ray takes care of macro internal defects. It doesn't reveal defects at the grain (nanometer) scale, outside of research labs. I think it'd be time prohibitive to scan at that resolution for every component of large systems.
- unwind 10y agoUh, you meant "Don't expect SpaceX not to ...", or "Expect SpaceX to ...", right? I had a negation parse error.
- SEJeff 10y agoWell played sir, well played, and yes! :)