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Really? The 737 is from the 60s.

• CydeWeys 7y ago
  Spaceships are surprisingly simple. Starship has much fewer control surfaces, for example. It does have a lot more engines though, and these Raptor engines aren't trivial, so I'm not sure it's actually true.
  • TremendousJudge 7y ago
    As far as I know liquid propellant rocket engines are notoriously complex, and operate under even more extreme conditions than modern airplane engines
    • CydeWeys 7y ago
      Don't underestimate how complicated modern high bypass turbofan jet engines are. Way more R&D money had gone into the latest designs than went into e.g. the Raptor engine. A crazy random fact is that there are entire turbine parts that are a single molecule, yet are bigger around than you are tall.
      • jacobush 7y ago
        Single molecule thin? Or is it something polymer like? That's intriguing.
        • CydeWeys 7y ago
          No, the entire thing is a single large molecule, despite however many kilograms it weighs.
          • jacobush 7y ago
            Intrigued! (I thought some plastics, polyethylene for instance was always single molecule, but it's seems I'm mistaken.)
• whamlastxmas 7y ago
  Airplanes have a LOT of redundancy and backups. Rockets don't.