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What a fantastic read! I wonder if they get any tech or materials from SpaceX?

• johncolanduoni 11y ago
  Hopefully once they iron out the kinks in space travel they can release it to the Tesla with a software upgrade, or maybe an even better fuse!
• outworlder 11y ago
  Well, SpaceX uses inconel. They also must have a quite good understanding of pyrotechnics, as they need to use that in a lot of places, eg. stage separation. So I'd say yes, at least on the tech transfer part.
  • damoncali 11y ago
    Inconel has been around for decades. It's just a nickel alloy. Nothing terribly special about that.
  • dasmoth 11y ago
    SpaceX seem to try pretty hard to avoid pyros -- one reason I've heard is that pyro devices can't be tested! i believe they do still use a few, but pretty sure not for stage separation.
  • grkvlt 11y ago
    I don't think so. At least, it hasn't been publicly reported as far as I know. So although I'm not saying it's impossible, I'd be very interested to know the source for your statement?