To be fair to you, that prototype (called MK1) indeed was extremely shoddy and could never have survived today s flight. It probably only existed for the presen

To be fair to you, that prototype (called MK1) indeed was extremely shoddy and could never have survived today s flight. It probably only existed for the presentation and as a production pathfinder, and indeed failed shortly after during a simple pressurisation test. Their welding technique has come a long way since then! Here is a comparison shot: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/j7g07d/comparison_mk1_sn8/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/j7g07d/compar... Video of the failure: https://youtu.be/3nTSubYzQOM?t=14 https://youtu.be/3nTSubYzQOM?t=14