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Outside of Re-entry concerns, a large reason for the move away from CF was that tooling to create CF tubes at the size of Starship didn't exist, and would have
by NikolaeVarius 7y ago
Outside of Re-entry concerns, a large reason for the move away from CF was that tooling to create CF tubes at the size of Starship didn't exist, and would have to be created from scratch at large expense.
- nickff 7y agoSpaceX had CF tooling (most notably including a mandrel), and had built at least one tank. They recently scrapped the tooling, after settling on stainless steel.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoThe tooling was custom built/bought via contract at very high cost. And with it, you can work on one at a time, which is not ideal.