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Are you thinking that the nine month salary wouldn't be worth it to save $115,000? I think the idea is that SpaceX will use multiple copies of this part.
by OscarCunningham 3y ago
Are you thinking that the nine month salary wouldn't be worth it to save $115,000? I think the idea is that SpaceX will use multiple copies of this part.
- avmich 3y agoThat, and also I don't think Elon planned to spend than long on the project - unless Davis's learning (who "had never built a piece of hardware before in his life") was also taken into account.
- quartesixte 3y agoIt probably was about 2 months of initial CAD and drawings, another 2ish months of manufacturing, a month of testing, a month of iteration, another month of manufacturing, more testing, reviews, qualifications. Add in some time for Davis working on other things + the part waiting for other projects to finish manufacturing or testing, and you get nine months. For a cleansheet part from a engineer who never built one in his life during the early days of this approach to aerospace, 9 months seem reasonable to me.