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At the risk of beating a dead horse: In 2018, Starship was not even fully designed (later that year they switched to stainless steel instead of carbon-composite
by GMoromisato 2y ago
At the risk of beating a dead horse: In 2018, Starship was not even fully designed (later that year they switched to stainless steel instead of carbon-composite).
Yet Starship managed to fly into orbit and re-enter successfully before Ariane 6 flew even once.
- TMWNN 2y ago>later that year they switched to stainless steel instead of carbon-composite A decision which, according to Isaacson's Elon Musk, Musk insisted on against considerable opposition from his engineers. One more point against the frequent claim that Musk isn't a "real" engineer/doesn't really do anything at SpaceX.