I do wonder if Elon meant a certain 2 nations when Tim Dodd was with him on the Starbase tour. There was a Raptor 1 full upclose to which he said something alo

I do wonder if Elon meant a certain 2 nations when Tim Dodd was with him on the Starbase tour. There was a Raptor 1 full upclose to which he said something along the lines of, paraphrasing, "If you copy these then good luck to you, you're in for pain". I'm sure they still know a thing or two about rocket engine design(!) but I can't help think that brain-drain will get the better of them sooner or later. These things require innovation, not just brute forcing old designs.