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Keep in mind gold is a lot denser, so it'd be a miniature engine if you made it out of pure gold. If you take the volumetric space of all the materials that mig
by mlindner 5y ago
Keep in mind gold is a lot denser, so it'd be a miniature engine if you made it out of pure gold. If you take the volumetric space of all the materials that might lead to a different answer, but that's hard to do. (I guess you could make it out of gold foam.)
- Ajedi32 5y agoProbably closer to half the price of the RS-25 then, assuming normal Merlins are made mostly out of steel: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28%28%28630+kg+*+%28density+of+gold+%2F+density+of+steel%29%29+*+price+of+gold%29+%2F+%24146+million https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28%28%28630+kg+*+%28d...