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Stainless steel is really cheap, and they adapted fabrication methods from the grain silo industry.
by carabiner 6y ago
Stainless steel is really cheap, and they adapted fabrication methods from the grain silo industry.
- qayxc 6y agoThe stainless steel is irrelevant. They lose 3 raptor engines per crash and that hurts. A lot.
- mrep 6y agoNot sure if they are at v1.0 yet, but "Raptor cost is tracking to well under $1M for V1.0" [0]. Assuming they are, 3 million dollars worth of engines per test isn't that much. [0]: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1179107539352313856 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1179107539352313856