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SpaceX built an incredible custom simulator in order to design the methane engines used in Starship[1]. Right now they are experimenting with manufacturing tech
by paulsutter 7y ago
SpaceX built an incredible custom simulator in order to design the methane engines used in Starship[1]. Right now they are experimenting with manufacturing techniques, which is much less amenable to simulation
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2zhad6/spacex_at_gpu_technology_conference_full_scale/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2zhad6/spacex_at_gp...
- paulsutter 7y agoStarting around 3:40 of the video in that link, you can see simulation of hypersonic combustion turbulence
- nickik 7y agoElon has stressed this. Design is easy, building is hard, building at scale is harder. Thus the reason he iterates on the design is to make each design iteration also an iteration in the manufacturability, not just the functional design.