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Most likely the same reason as for industry espionage by said countries: Conceptually designing a spacecraft and assuming certain physics properties is a long s
by thenaturalist 2y ago
Most likely the same reason as for industry espionage by said countries: Conceptually designing a spacecraft and assuming certain physics properties is a long stretch away from actually manufacturing components with materials that stand up to the stress of a launch.
The “secret” to reliable components which can be produced at scale is very much not generally out there.
- quartesixte 2y agoI will say, some of the techniques that live in the brains of machinists/welders/technicians is borderline alchemy, and sometimes highly specific to the worker themselves. Can’t really scale that. And good luck doing corporate espionage outside of physically kidnapping them.