On top of everyone else’s comments on how this is actually a good business decision, it also could be a very good engineering decision. An off the shelf actuat

On top of everyone else’s comments on how this is actually a good business decision, it also could be a very good engineering decision. An off the shelf actuator could mean they would have to adapt other hardware to the actuator. By in-housing their own, they can make the actuator specific to their needs. Rockets are tricky because of how very specific everything can be to the specific rocket and system that you built.