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>I worry that the lack of testing is due to a business desire to avoid the (stunning) cost of building and losing 33 Raptor engines on each failed test article,
by sebzim4500 4y ago
>I worry that the lack of testing is due to a business desire to avoid the (stunning) cost of building and losing 33 Raptor engines on each failed test article, rather than an engineering judgement that such tests are not needed.
Determining whether it is worth risking 33 Raptor engines in a static fire is an engineering decision.
- WanderPanda 4y agoThere is no such thing as multi-objective optimization hence engineering decisions = engineering decisions = decisions
- verdverm 4y agoThey did a short duration static fire, they seemed to do a lot to keep it held down at ~50% throttle, full LOX tank, just enough methane for combustion. It is probably impossible to have a full thrust or duration static fire on the existing launch mount, or any?