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If they poach the employees from the companies building this stuff, wouldn't it be possible for them to build it? Also, I am not much knowledgeable about jet en
by actuator 9y ago
If they poach the employees from the companies building this stuff, wouldn't it be possible for them to build it? Also, I am not much knowledgeable about jet engines but why can't they just reverse engineer jet turbine tech.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoNo one person knows how to do it all, it really is a closely guarded secret. For jet turbines, the metallurgy is key. For semi conductors, there are materials but really it is just many many details distributed throughout the entire organization. Crazy when you think about it. But there are other things: just look what the C919 is importing: besides turbines, the avionics are imported as well. Complex software...