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I feel like the design process went like: Elon: wow, stainless steel is an underrated material, it solved my starship rocket design problems. and it's cheap!
by mushufasa 7y ago
I feel like the design process went like:
Elon: wow, stainless steel is an underrated material, it solved my starship rocket design problems. and it's cheap!
January 2019 (https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a25953663/elon-musk-spacex-bfr-stainless-steel/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a25953663/elo...)
Elon: what if I used stainless steel for cars?
Elon: well there was the delorean, and blade runner...
Elon: you've got 6 months team.
(note there was no need for a dialogue partner)