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> It's not like it's some secret technology nobody else has Well to be fair, there’s a lot of technology at spacex no one else has. One example, the Raptor eng
by chasd00 3y ago
> It's not like it's some secret technology nobody else has
Well to be fair, there’s a lot of technology at spacex no one else has. One example, the Raptor engine’s combination of size, efficiency, and thrust is just not available to anyone other than SpaceX. Even if exact schematics were stolen you’d still need to obtain the recipes for the alloys used and how to manufacture them. Companies gave up on full flow staged combustion as just not feasible but SpaceX figured it out and is on v3 of perfecting it.
- foobarian 3y agoYes but SpaceX is a relative newcomer, so why did they manage to do this when anyone could have? Seems like a combination of ambition, incentives, and just chance I guess as another comment pointed out.
- tekla 3y agoA brilliant and crazy chief engineer that hired the best, wasn't afraid to get dirty, and got shit done.
- kiba 3y agoThe relative newcomer is becoming less and less relevant as years passed. The Falcon 9 reusability and cadence was years in the making. Same for their raptor engine and Starship. What's happening is that other companies are slow to wake up and adapt.
- martindbp 3y agoWe all know why, but I guess we're not allowed to attribute any success to the tenacity of its founder because of his political views
- kiba 3y agoThere's a lot of justifable hatred for Musk, which makes it easy to disparage his accomplishment.