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https://everydayastronaut.com/stainless-steel-starship/ https://everydayastronaut.com/stainless-steel-starship/ Edit: "So in summary. SpaceX chose stainless steel over carbon composites because it’s about as light, it can handle higher temperatures which means less heat shield is need, which then makes it lighter, it reflects heat which means even less heat shield which again makes it even lighter, it’ll be cheaper and quicker to build AND it’ll look FREAKING AWESOME."